"If you don't read Italian, get your hands on the Mandelbaum translation - it's neither funkily modern nor stiltingly pseudo-medieval (if thou knowst what I mean). Read this for a spiritual journey."
"What can I say that legions of critics haven't said already? Get the annotated edition if you're new to it. The book can be a challenge, but so many great things are."
"I'm limiting myself to one volume of poetry on this trip to Mars, and Larkin wins: at times fuddy-duddy, at times sadly beautiful. What will survive of us is love."
