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The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#big #future #huge #lies #medium-sized

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#always #breath #complacency #draw #first

Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#been #believing #does #made #mean

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#anyone #beauty #because #grows #happy

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#i do #my time #read #spend #things

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#before #being #never #productivity #things

The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#fire #further #go #must #obstacle

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#great #imposing #rather #responsibility #too

A stair not worn hollow by footsteps is, regarded from its own point of view, only a boring something made of wood. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#footsteps #hollow #made #only #own

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#ecstasy #even #feet #house #itself