Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin

Books and harlots have their quarrels in public. – Walter Benjamin
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin
Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby. – Walter Benjamin
Opinions are a private matter. The public has an interest only in judgments. – Walter Benjamin