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Walter Benjamin Quotes: All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one.
         

All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one.


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Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.

Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text.



The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.

The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself.



Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.



To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.



Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.

Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.



The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.

The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.



Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.

Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.



There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.

There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.



The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe

The concept of progress must be grounded in the idea of catastrophe. That things are 'status quo' is the catastrophe



All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.

All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.





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Like Artemis and Orion, fate was working against us, and we couldn't be together in this life. But he will forever be immortalized in my heart.

Like Artemis and Orion, fate was working against us, and we couldn't be together in this life. But he will forever be immortalized in my heart.



If we want to stay Happily in this world and also after world.Then make home, But Not on the ground, make home in the heart

If we want to stay Happily in this world and also after world.Then make home, But Not on the ground, make home in the heart



When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .

When you grow a business, it belongs to a lot of other people besides you. As much as you want to control it, the minute you go public, it becomes a business . . .



To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.

To pretend to be calm is to be calm, in a way.



You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.



I'm always hungry to learn. I always look for something that I can study.

I'm always hungry to learn. I always look for something that I can study.



have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.

have a lot of respect for the responsibility that journalists have to ask tough questions, to hold the administration accountable and to be advocates for the citizens of the United States.



Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.



I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See, all we have to do is hang on.

I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See, all we have to do is hang on.



And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.

And one thing Hollywood does well is sequels.




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