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Samuel McChord Crothers Quotes

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

Samuel McChord Crothers
Writing, Tired, Poetry
Samuel McChord Crothers (1920). “The Dame School of Experience, and Other Papers”

The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.

Samuel McChord Crothers
Math, Facts, Logic
The Gentle Reader (p. 183)

The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight.

Samuel McChord Crothers
Real, Delight, Literature
Samuel McChord Crothers (1903). “The Gentle Reader”

Try as hard as we may for perfection, the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.

Samuel McChord Crothers
Acceptance, Perfection, Trying

Positive thinking is the key which unlocks the doors of the world.

Samuel McChord Crothers
Positive Thinking, Keys, Doors

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