#quote

In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future." -- Essay: "Kafka and his Precursors ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#writers-quotes

...we're dealing with two devils who both want to rule hell. ↗

— Ruta Sepetys

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Lord I shall be verie busie this day. I may forget Thee, but doe not Thou forget me. (before Battle of Edge Hill 1643) ↗

— Sir Jacob Astley

#business

The greatest men, you can quote for everything. ↗

— John Acton

#greatest #greatest men #men #quote #you

It was. It will never be again. Remember. ↗

— Paul Auster

#paul-auster #quotes #literature-quotes

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#feelings #literature #literature-quotes #loud #poetry-quotes

To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #nothing #outside

If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #outsmart #poetry

If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it? ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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There is a moonlight note in the Moonlight Sonata; there is a thunder note in an angry sky. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #moon #moonlight