“Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.”
― One Way Street And Other Writings
― One Way Street And Other Writings
“The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room; only one activity: clearing away ...
The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenates in clearing away traces of our own age ...”
― Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings
The destructive character is young and cheerful. For destroying rejuvenates in clearing away traces of our own age ...”
― Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings
“The fairy tale, which to this day is the first tutor of children because it was once the first tutor of mankind, secretly lives on in the story. The first true storyteller is, and will continue to be, the teller of fairy tales. Whenever good counsel was at a premium, the fairy tale had it, and where the need was greatest, its aid was nearest. This need was created by myth. The fairy tale tells us of the earliest arrangements that mankind made to shake off the nightmare which myth had placed upon its chest.”
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“You could tell a lot about a man by the books he keeps - his tastes, his interest, his habits.”
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
― Illuminations: Essays and Reflections
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