PoemTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I –– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.Robert FrostThe Road Not Taken · 1916★ 9.5
Novel · Magazine · Modernist literatureHe was unheeded, happy and near to the wild heart of life.James JoyceThe Egoist · 1915★ 7.1
PoemI have measured out my life with coffee spoons.T.S. EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock · 1915★ 7.1
Novel · Magazine · Modernist literatureHis heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or reverie, he had heard their tale before.James JoyceThe Egoist · 1915★ 6.9
Essay · MagazineSunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.Louis Brandeis1913★ 6.9
Short storyI'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.Jack London1916★ 6.9
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.Jack London1916★ 6.7
Lecture · Psychological literatureWe believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts.Sigmund FreudIntroductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis · 1917★ 6.3
Speech · Autobiography and memoirLife does not consist mainly—or even largely—of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head.Mark TwainMark Twain's Autobiography · 1910★ 6.2
My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.Ferdinand Foch1914★ 6.0
Autobiography and memoir · Autobiography and memoirIn religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination.Mark TwainThe Autobiography of Mark Twain · 1910★ 5.5
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