Trauerspiel Benjamin Quotes & Sayings

Zuckerman, sucker though he was for seriousness, was still not going to be drawn into a discussion about agents and editors. If ever there was a reason for an American writer to seek asylum in Red China, it would be to put ten thousand miles between himself and those discussions. — Philip Roth

Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played. — Ian McKellen

Ideas are to objects as constellations are to stars [translated from Trauerspiel, 1928]. — Walter Benjamin

Ulturally, we are definitely seeing people being to ask hard questions. There's been a major shift over the last year. The NSA revelations played a big part but there are all sorts of other issues too, like inequality and gentrification in the Bay Area, and labor abuses everywhere from Amazon's warehouse, to Apple's factories, to start-ups like Uber and TaskRabbit. — Astra Taylor

He'd drop by her place later, see if she was still up. If not, he'd stare at her window, because why not, right? He was stupid with love. No shame in that — Kristan Higgins

Pakistan is the first South Asian country to sign a free trade agreement and currency swap agreement with China. — Li Keqiang

I must be free ... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting. — Thomas Edward Brown

The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration, now itself headed for the junk heap of history. — Lester R. Brown

Whether you're trying to learn in hockey or trying to learn in life, I've always tried to be observant and tried to learn more, tried to evolve, whether it's as a hockey player or as a person. With each year, I try to do that. — Sidney Crosby

For the righteous, the gospel provides a warning before calamity, a program for the crises, refuge for each disaster ... The Lord has warned us of famines, but the righteous will have listened to the prophets and stored at least one year's supply of survival food ... — Ezra Taft Benson