في النقد سأكون جريئًا، وعادلًا بصرامةٍ مطلقة مع الصديق والعدوّ على حدٍّ سواء. ولن يثنيني عن هذا القصد شيء.

“In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.”Edgar Allan Poe — The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated Edition): The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka… (2017)