"Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?"

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Source : Edmond Jabes, Edmond Jabès, Rosmarie Waldrop (1991). “The Book of Questions: Volume I [The Book of Questions, The Book of Yukel, Return to the Book]”, p.398, Wesleyan University Press

Edmond Jabes

#Dark Quotes #Forever Quotes #Sun Quotes

“Given the clientele, the restaurants on Capri might resemble those fancy Northern Italian places on the East Side of Manhattan where the captain has taken bilingual sneering lessons from the maitre d' at the French joint down the street and the waiter, whose father was born in Palermo, would deny under torture that tomato sauce has ever touched his lips.”
“I think ***** is a very rich medium, and I've studied it closely and learned quite a lot as a writer from it.”
“You loved a man with more hands than a parade of beggars,Â and here you stand. Heart like a four-poster bed. Heart like a canvas. Heart leaking something so strong they can smell it in the street.â€”
“Whether you struggle to remember a client's name, aspire to learn a new language, or are a student battling to prepare for the next test, this book is a must. I know of no other source that pulls together so much of what we know about the science of memory and couples it with practical, practicable advice.”
“If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self.”
“The fact that Perez Hilton calls me 'Saman' - it's the most homophobic thing ever. The perpetuation of [the idea that I'm] the man in the relationship! OK, yeah, my hair is short and I'm a DJ. But I'm a girl, I'm not a dude. I'm pretty feminine at the end of the day.”
“There's a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work.”

Source : "Oscar Isaac Talks INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Preparing for the Role, Working with the Coen Brothers and T-Bone Burnett, and Balancing Acting and Music". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 5, 2013.
“Do what we will, the Colorado will one day find an unimpeded way to the sea.”

Source : Donald Worster (1992). “Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West”, p.78, Oxford University Press, USA

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