"I believe in the writer's mission. He receives it from the word, which carries its suffering and its hope within it. He questions the words, which question him. He accompanies the words, which accompany him. The initiative is shared, as if spontaneous."

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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.58, Wesleyan University Press

Edmond Jabes

#Believe Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Too much self-regard has never struck me as dignified: trying to twist over my shoulder to view my own behind.”
“I don't believe that sex with 13-year-olds is okay.”
“I think we can question whether degrees are antediluvian. Online learning has flexibility. Why not master courses in energy, writing, communications, and engineering and get a credential?”
“My Chemical Romance is done. But it can never die.”
“I dont remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building.”

Source : "Q: What can be done to improve the suburbs of Paris? A: People are starting to understand that the real challenge is to turn peripheries into cities" by Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2005.
“I never really thought of myself as a physical comedian. But when I was a kid, I used to, you know, pretend to trip over things to make girls laugh in school and stuff like that. So I kind of learned how to fall without hurting yourself.”
“I was a boy, suddenly treated like the men and expected to act like them.”

Source : Robbie Fowler (2009). “Fowler: My Autobiography”, p.6, Pan Macmillan
“So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well- but it saddens me that it so often overshadows the more relevant questions of 'why am I writing' and 'what am I saying' and 'how do I keep it honest.”

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