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title: "3 Writers Finished Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [I do tend to feel more connected to dead writers, perhaps because they have finished their work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-oyeyemi/i-do-tend-to-feel-more-connected-to-dead-writers-perhaps-because-they/)

[Helen Oyeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-oyeyemi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/helen-oyeyemi-1658_because_i-do-tend-to-feel-more-connected-to-dead_46458.png)

> [“to great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they labor their entire lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/to-great-writers-finished-works-weigh-lighter-than-those-fragments-on/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/462/walter-benjamin-1723_writer_to-great-writers-finished-works-weigh-li_71682.jpg)

> [“To great writers, finished works weigh lighter than those fragments on which they work throughout their lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-benjamin/to-great-writers-finished-works-weigh-lighter-than-those-fragments-on-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c7/walter-benjamin-1723_fragments_to-great-writers-finished-works-weigh-li_747067.jpg)

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