Quote by Julien Gracq Download Open image ““On its own, having escaped my grasp, the spool I had loosed was unwinding.”” — Julien Gracq ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.” — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“Often, beyond the next turning, footfalls of a herd galloping across stone were heard, or further in the distance, with reassuring grunts, a wild… — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
And what can still delight an inert stone except to become, once more, the bed of a raging torrent? — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“[Original text in French] Giovanni n'avait pas menti. Sagra était une merveille baroque, une collision improbable et inquiétante de la nature et de l'art.… — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“It was a fossilized path: the will which had cut this gash out of these solitary places so that the blood and sap would… — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“No, what numbed these fields, peopled with bad dreams was not the oppressive grip of a plague but rather an ailing retreat, a sort… — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
“Blood had long since ceased to beat from one end to the other, but one could sense, from passages marked with fresher traces of… — Julien Gracq Copy Share Image
![“[Original text in French] Giovanni n'avait pas menti. Sagra était une merveille baroque, une collision improbable et inquiétante de la nature et de l'art. [My translation to English] Giovanni hadn't lied. Sagra was a Baroque wonder, an unlikely and disturbing collision between Nature and Arts. [My…” quote by Julien Gracq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f4/julien-gracq-33846_art_original-text-in-french-giovanni-n-avait_1618963.jpg)
