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> [Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/beckett-s-stories-and-texts-for-nothing-is-probably-my-favorite-book/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

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## More by Franz Wright

> [“What I would say is this: writing poems doesn't make you a poet. … It is only with poetry, for some reason, that everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/what-i-would-say-is-this-writing-poems-doesn-t-make-you-a-poet-it-is/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [I write and have done so primarily for personal pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/i-write-and-have-done-so-primarily-for-personal-pleasure/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [The poetic prose that most interests me is that of Henri Michaux.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/the-poetic-prose-that-most-interests-me-is-that-of-henri-michaux/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/beckett-s-stories-and-texts-for-nothing-is-probably-my-favorite-book/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [We know there are poets who are chosen: by what or whom, we no more know than what lies beyond our final breath, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/we-know-there-are-poets-who-are-chosen-by-what-or-whom-we-no-more/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [“If only I could tell someone. The humiliation I go through when I think of my past can only be described as grace. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/if-only-i-could-tell-someone-the-humiliation-i-go-through-when-i/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [I wish you all the aloneness you hunger for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/i-wish-you-all-the-aloneness-you-hunger-for/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [“Think of it: a writer actually possesses the power to alter his past, to change what was once experienced as defeat into victory and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/think-of-it-a-writer-actually-possesses-the-power-to-alter-his-past/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [“The road to Emmaus is this world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/the-road-to-emmaus-is-this-world/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/should-each-individual-snowflake-be-held-accountable-for-the-avalanche/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/there-is-only-one-heart-in-my-body-have-mercy-on-me/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [Its hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my fathers equal in any way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/its-hard-for-me-to-grasp-that-i-might-somehow-be-my-fathers-equal-in/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [I used to comfort myself with the idea of a book with serrated, detachable pages, so that you could read the thing the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/i-used-to-comfort-myself-with-the-idea-of-a-book-with-serrated/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [“You gave me in secret one thing to perceive, the tall blue starry strangeness of being here at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/you-gave-me-in-secret-one-thing-to-perceive-the-tall-blue-starry/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

> [“The all-night convenience store's empty and no one is behind the counter. You open and shut the glass door a few times causing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-wright/the-all-night-convenience-store-s-empty-and-no-one-is-behind-the/)

[Franz Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-wright/)

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