Famous quotes containing the words won and/or academy:
“What then in love can woman do?
If we grow fond they shun us.
And when we fly them, they pursue:
But leave us when theyve won us.”
—John Gay (16851732)
“I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alikeand I dont think there really is a distinction between the twoare always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.”
—Harold Bloom (b. 1930)
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