Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin
The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble. – Walter Benjamin
Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. – Walter Benjamin
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. – Walter Benjamin
What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they are the beginning, the embryo, and it is the point of departure which, generally speaking, decides the whole future of an existence. One single black speck may be the beginning of a gangrene, of a storm, of a revolution. – Henri Frederic Amiel