He [Chaucer] is a perpetual fountain of good sense.

Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

Nowhere in Chaucer do we find what can be called a radically allegorical poem.

I will eviscerate you in fiction. Every pimple, every character flaw. I was naked for a day; you will be naked for eternity.

We always did say we were going to look at the fountain and see if we can keep it. If not, we were committed to a water structure.

Es gibt keinen Grund warum Kinder Chaucer [engl. Dichter des 14.Jhd., Anm.d.Red.] nicht genauso gut zitieren könnenwie Mos Def [Schauspieler und Rapper, Anm.d.Red.]. Die Wahrheit und das Bewahren des Schönen ist ein klarer Hinweis darauf, dass man lebendig ist.