"The morning’s recollection of the emptiness of the……" — David Markson

"The morning’s recollection of the emptiness of the day before. Its anticipation of the emptiness of the day to come."

— David Markson

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13 Quotes by David Markson

David Markson has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in…
Can Protagonist think of a single film that interests him as much as the three-hundredth best book he ever read?
In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest…
I also believe I met William Gaddis once. He did not look Italian.
What do any of us ever truly know?
Trying to imagine E. M. Forster, who found Ulysses indecorous, at a London performance of Lenny Bruce—to which in fact…
You can learn more by going to the opera than you ever can by reading Emerson. Like that there are…
You will say that I am old and mad, was what Michaelangelo wrote, but I answer that there is no…
Once, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that…
Was it really some other person I was so anxious to discover...or was it only my own solitude that I…
Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of…
Once, I had a dream of fame. Generally, even then, I was lonely.

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More Anticipation Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she… — Francis Beaumont
Hollywood... a city I was to come back to time and again, in sickness and in health, in success and… — Dirk Benedict
He who matures early lives in anticipation. — Theodor Adorno
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never… — Josh Billings
What is history but a fable agreed upon? — Napoleon Bonaparte
No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. — Hal Borland
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. — Bertolt Brecht
I look to the future because that's where I'm going to spend the rest of my life. — George Burns
If you want to conquer fear, don't sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. — Dale Carnegie

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