Sunday 9 April 2017

Quotes 2017 #100

"William James without his gaiety, his spooks, his nuts and frauds, his credulity and his incongruous longings for something more than life, even through he was committed to testify every belief BY life, would not be the captivating and splendid spirit he is."

Elizabeth Hardwick, 'Introduction' to The Selected Letters of William James.