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Quote by Walter Benjamin
Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion b

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin

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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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Books
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Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information — hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations. – Walter Benjamin

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Translation
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Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. – Walter Benjamin

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Absence
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Other Quotes from
Things, Little Things
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Youll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth. – Odysseus Elytis

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Things, Little Things

Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories — those that dont work, those that break down and those that get lost. – Russell Baker

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Things, Little Things

My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind. – Daisy Ashford

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Things, Little Things

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Twin one, twin too! – Author Unknown

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A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper. – Stanley Kubrick

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The most beautiful antiques are not found in stores. – WishHunt.com

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What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? – Ursula K. LeGuin

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