“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the words—or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbols—spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word.
More to explore
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
“Any life is made up of a single moment, the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.”
“To deny temporal succession, to deny the self, to deny the astronomical universe, are measures of apparent despair and of secret consolation. Our destiny (in contrast to Swedenborg's hell and the hell of Tibetan mythology) is not frightful because it is unreal; it is frightful because it is irrevers...”
“My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.”
Explore over 387,000 quotes from your favorite books and authors.
Browse All Quotes