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“Between Ennui and Ecstasy unwinds our whole experience of time.”
― All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms
― All Gall is Divided: Aphorisms
“A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.”
― The Aleph and Other Stories
― The Aleph and Other Stories
“He didn’t really like travel, of course. He liked the idea of travel, and the memory of travel, but not travel itself.”
― Flaubert's Parrot
― Flaubert's Parrot
“Sometimes, looking at the many books I have at home, I feel I shall die before I come to the end of them, yet I cannot resist the temptation of buying new books. Whenever I walk into a bookstore and find a book on one of my hobbies — for example, Old English or Old Norse poetry — I say to myself, “What a pity I can’t buy that book, for I already have a copy at home.”
― This Craft of Verse
― This Craft of Verse
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