Distracted from distraction by distraction

“My external sensations are no less private to myself than are my thoughts or my…”

“Endless invention, endless experiment,Brings knowledge of motion, but not of st…”

“The poet's mind is in fact a receptacle for seizing and storing up numberless f…”

“My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. 'Speak to me. Why do you n…”