August 2012
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To write a novel means to carry the incommensurable to extremes in the...
– The Storyteller, Walter Benjamin
July 2012
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Apropos of sleep, that sinister adventure of all our nights, we may say that men...
– Charles Baudelaire, who was admired by Benjamin. His poems and quotations occupy many pages of the the Arcades Project manuscript.
Baudelaire (via johnwilkestooth)
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Speech conquers thought, but writing commands it.... →
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Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dated, getting laid,...
– Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ (via eudainoia)
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acebladespades asked: Sorry for the last message. I wanted to ask you, as a writer , how do you think a story can have so much impact on a person? What's really magical about books, in your opinion?
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10 Civilizations That Disappeared Under Mysterious... →
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