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title: "3 Thought Ruins Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/allegories-are-in-the-realm-of-thought-what-ruins-are-in-the-realm-of/)

[Walter Benjamin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-benjamin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/walter-benjamin-1723_allegory_allegories-are-in-the-realm-of-thought-w_35763.jpg)

> [“It was funny, he thought, how the ruins of the past shaped everything that came after.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-a-corey/it-was-funny-he-thought-how-the-ruins-of-the-past-shaped-everything/)

[James S.A. Corey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-a-corey/)

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> [Thought ruins the fun that the future has in store for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-ceaser/thought-ruins-the-fun-that-the-future-has-in-store-for-us/)

[Evan Ceaser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-ceaser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/evan-ceaser-16163_future_thought-ruins-the-fun-that-the-future-ha_2285493.jpg)

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