"We would – or at least we should – take upon ourselves the ultimate task of our poet: to seek the face of God."
- Anthony M. Esolen
"Fairy tales and folk tales are for children and childlike people, not because they are little and inconsequential, but because they are as enormous as life itself."
"You democratize heroism. Everybody is a hero, and simply for doing (and often not well at that) the ordinary tasks of living as a half-decent person. Does your mother fix you breakfast? She is a hero...."