"As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that……" — Bruno Schulz
"As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did."
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14 Quotes by Bruno Schulz
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Under the imaginary table that separates me from my readers, don’t we secretly clasp each other’s hands?
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In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out…
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This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my…
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So, it comes to pass that, when we pursue an inquiry beyond a certain depth, we step out of the…
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There are things than cannot ever occur with any precision. They are too big and too magnificent to be contained…
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An event may be small and insignificant in its origin , and yet, when drawn close to one’s eye, it…
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...."the sound of a barrel organ rising from the deepest golden vein of the day; two or three bars of…
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Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing,…
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My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.
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The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt…
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Animals! the object of insatiable interest, examples of the riddle of life, created, as it were, to reveal the human…
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Even in the depths of sleep, in which he had to satisfy his need for protection and love by curling…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships,…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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My own life in India, since I came to it in 1893 to make it my home, has been devoted…
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught.
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