"You ride astride the imaginary in order to……" — Breyten Breytenbach
"You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real."
—
Breyten Breytenbach
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
14 Quotes by Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach has 14 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Even ivory towers need central heating.
-
Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for…
-
Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable.
-
The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.
-
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes…
-
I came, I saw, I was confused.
-
I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan…
-
In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an…
-
In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.
-
The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for…
-
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any…
-
It may be an extreme example brought about by abnormal circumstances - but the criteria of human rights kick in,…
See all 14 quotes by Breyten Breytenbach »
More Astride Quotes
This quote is filed under Astride Quotes,
one of 20 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
— Samuel Beckett
-
She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted…
— Kathleen Winsor
-
You'll live astride the line that separates life from death. You'll become experienced in the wisdom of grief. You won't…
— Rana Dasgupta
-
Possession means to sit astride the world Instead of having it astride of you.
— Charles Kingsley
-
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed,…
— Emma Lazarus
-
Six decades ago, as Mao's Communists seized power, the question in Washington was, 'Who lost China?' Now, as his capitalist…
— Eric Liu
-
I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse's good nature…
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
-
Iran is a country of 80 million people, educated and dynamic. It sits astride a crucial part of the world.…
— Fareed Zakaria
-
You are obvious, boy. You are difficult to miss. If you came to me in company with a purple lion,…
— Neil Gaiman
-
All of us--all who knew her--felt so wholesome after we cleaned ourselves on her. We were so beautiful when we…
— Toni Morrison
-
Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough…
— Samuel Beckett
-
Would you like to cross another item off this list today?" "I should like that very much. Which do you…
— Sarah MacLean
See all 20 Astride Quotes »