"Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives."

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Camilo Jose Cela

#Hygiene Quotes #Literature Quotes

“A reprisal of this magnitude... has never been carried out before. I paced back and forth in my room perplexed and completely depressed, feeling helpless.”
“Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?”
“This is the worst thing about waiting for someone. You have to look good all the time because they could turn up at any minute and see you before you've seen them”
“One of these days the dam of Gods mercy will give way to his justice.”
“It's very important to have the right clothing to exercise in. If you throw on an old T-shirt or sweats, it's not inspiring for your workout.”
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.”
“But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry.”

Source : John Drinkwater (1922). “The Lyric: An Essay”, p.34, Library of Alexandria
“Vuillard balances too far on the side of fantasy... the people in his pictures are not properly defined. As he's an admirable draughtsman it must be that he just doesn't want to give them mouths and hands and feet.”

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