Quotes by Byron Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron! Aldous Huxley byron writing book Bardot, Byron, Hitler, Hemingway, Monroe, Sade: we do not require our heroes to be subtle, just to be big. Then we can depend on someone to make them subtle. D. J. Enright byron subtle hero I was Byron and Shakespeare formerly. John Clare byron Byron owed the vast influence which he exercised over his contemporaries at least as much to his gloomy egotism as to the real power of his poetry. Thomas B. Macaulay byron influence real A few more years will destroy whatever yet remains of that magical potency which once belonged to the name of Byron. Thomas B. Macaulay byron names years Close thy Byron ; open thy Goethe . Thomas Carlyle byron