Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collectors passion borders on the chaos of memories. – Walter Benjamin
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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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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death. – Walter Benjamin
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