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Other Quotes by Paul Auster
- It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end…
- No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that. There's so much…
- The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been…
- In other words: It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not. Or, more bluntly: Wherever I…
- It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.
- No one was to blame for what happened, but that does not make it any less difficult to accept. It was all a matter of…
- For a man who finds life tolerable only by staying on the surface of himself, it is natural to be satisfied with offering no more…
- Bodies count, of course - they count more than we're willing to admit - but we don't fall in love with bodies, we fall in…
- Then, without any warning, we both straightened up, turned towards each other, and began to kiss. After that, it is difficult for me to speak…
- We all die, we all get sick, we all feel hunger and lust and pain, and therefore human life is consistent from one generation to…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour