4 Quotes by Lee A. Siegel

I could see no stars through the crude hot haze of the truculent night. It always to me, at night in Calcutta, that the day has suffered a humiliating defeat. The light has surrendered and publicly admitted its impotence.

We enter into a relationship with any text we hear or read, like the relationship with a friend, a lover, or an enemy. A relationship is the ultimate meaning of the text.

Everyone needs to be deceived and, provided it doesn’t cost too much, wants to be fooled.

You can learn to do anything in the world if your life depends on it and if you can read.