Anything Quote by Herta Muller Download Open image “Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand,” — Herta Muller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anything Books Hands Including Literature Memories Memory Second hand
A great memory does not make a mind, any more than a dictionary is a piece of literature. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
When I write something, I can't remember in the end if this is a memory or if it's not - I'm talking about fiction.… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.” ― Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fall on Your Knees” — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“For those who write memoirs, memory is not a mere recollection of facts; it is a ragbag we pick through, salvaging scraps to craft… — Rossandra White Copy Share Image
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes we talk about memory as though it's firm and fixed, but of course, memory is highly fluid and subjective and thus highly subject… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“And I’m different without you. You’re the only one who thinks you’re never different.” — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“I wanted to work out a trade with things that aren’t alive but aren’t dead either. I wanted to make an emergency exchange, trading… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
My first book, 'Nadirs,' was very important for me. I'll leave its literary worth for others to judge. But its publication in Berlin in… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
“I'm drawn outside to the empty yard of the afternoon. The wind tosses thin snow that crackles against my neck. With open hunger the… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“The cabbage white flies through the tailor's cheek. The tailor sinks his head. The cabbage white flies out of the back of the tailor's… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“The reasaon I'm shy of objects is because I like them. I transfer the thoughts that are against me onto them. Then these thoughts… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
“The gym instructor was the first to raise his hand. All the other hands flew up after his. While raising their hands, everybody looked… — Herta Müller Copy Share Image
I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished. — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
Some people speak and sing and walk and sit and sleep and silence their homesickness, for a long time, and to no avail. Some… — Herta Muller Copy Share Image
I guess I've never really wanted to be anything else. I've never even thought about having another job. — Owen Farrell Copy Share Image
I would give anything to be able to kick a ball with my son or read the kids a bedtime story. — Rob Burrow Copy Share Image
Comfort food is really anything you want at that time. That said, I really love Naple-style pizza. — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
I haven't shut any doors, and I'm really open to anything, so I think it's just about the material and what is going to… — Danielle Panabaker Copy Share Image
When it really comes down to it, the job you do is more important and is more representative of who you are than your… — Michael Cudlitz Copy Share Image
The reason I'm drawn to it is - both the off road racing and the motorcycles on the track - it takes a lot… — Dax Shepard Copy Share Image
I never did drama at school. I did it for one term, when it was compulsory, and I hated it. Tennis was the main… — Luke Mitchell Copy Share Image
We live in such a special time when literally anything we can think of is possible — Daniel Willey Copy Share Image
You know, I'm from Baltimore; nobody has anything. When somebody had talent, I was hiring my uncle, my cousin, you know? Getting people that… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I said to my agent, 'I want short, sharp, well-paid jobs because I haven't got time for anything else.' — Billie Whitelaw Copy Share Image
I think anything that anyone writes thats any good is going to have a lot of autobiography. — Stephen Adly Guirgis Copy Share Image
If the Bible is correct, and the Earth is only 6,000 years old, that means there were no dinosaurs, and museum curators have been… — Ron Shock Copy Share Image
