"In the morning, you tear up the pages of your fever, but every word naturally leads you back to its color, its night."

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Source : Edmond Jabes, Edmond Jabès, Rosmarie Waldrop (1991). “The Book of Questions: Volume II [Yaël; Elya; Aely; El, Or the Last Book]”, p.219, Wesleyan University Press

Edmond Jabes

#Morning Quotes #Night Quotes #Color Quotes

“A short way into Teen Vogue I realized that teens see it as a guide for their lives and their careers, more than a place to teach them how to get boys. And they don't ask us fashion advice questions; they're too sophisticated. They're inspired by what they see and they think, 'These people at this magazine represent what I want to be, beyond shoes and makeup.'”
“You have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live.”
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.”
“Look to what you have around you and be grateful, instead of searching for more. All you take with you when you leave this world is love, friendship, and good deeds.”
“I'm a footballer, I don't think past next Saturday.”

Source : Interview with Leo Moynihan, uk.askmen.com.
“A note can be as small as a pin or as big as the world, it depends on your imagination.”
“Cast off limiting thoughts and return to true emptiness. Stand in the midst of the great void. This is the secret of the Way of a Warrior.”
“In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, â€˜Is it good, friend?â€™ â€˜It is bitter â€” bitter,â€™ he answered, â€˜But I like it Because it is bitter, And because it is my heart.”

Source : The Black Riders and Other Lines "In the Desert" l. 1 (1895)

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