"Reason and memory are nearly always at odds." — Paul Auster

"Reason and memory are nearly always at odds."

— Paul Auster

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173 Quotes by Paul Auster

Paul Auster has 173 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you…
The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself…
There's love, and certainly children you care about more than yourself. But nevertheless, we're alone in our heads.
We are continually shaped by the forces of coincidence.
Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop…
You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.
We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People…
Even in New York, there are a lot of very attractive girls pedaling around. That just happens to be one…
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to…
I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and…
I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a…
I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just…

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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
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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