41 ordspråk av Edward Dahlberg
Edward Dahlberg
Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which is its will to resist evil.
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Though man is the only beast that can write, he has small reason to be proud of it. When he utters something that is wise it is nothing that the river horse does not know, and most of his creations are the result of accident.
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To write is a humiliation.
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We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of Cain.
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We are a most solitary people, and we live, repelled by one another, in the gray, outcast cities of Cain.
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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.
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We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.
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What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful.
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What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore.
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When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.
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Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.
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