"Literature ... is the rediscovery of childhood."

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Georges Bataille

#Childhood Quotes #Literature Quotes #Rediscovery Quotes

“If a man devotes himself to the instructions of his own unconscious, it can bestow this gift [of renewal], so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities”
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.”
“He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.”
“Happiness is allowing yourself to be okay with what is, rather than wishing for, and bemoaning, what is not. Obviously, what is is what is supposed to be, or it would not be. The rest is just you, arguing with life.”
“A poet is not something you become; a poet is something you are.”
“Nowadays, people are so jeezled up. If they took some chamomile tea and spent more time rocking on the porch in the evening listening to the liquid song of the hermit thrush, they might enjoy life more.”
“A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.”
“When I record something, I'll take a drive and just listen”

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