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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ec

Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation. – 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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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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It is as painful perhaps to be awakened from a vision as to be born. – James Augustine

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Birth and death are so closely related that one could not destroy either without destroying the other at the same time. It is extinction that makes creation possible. – Samuel Butler

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Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and its the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husbands mood. – Marquis De Sade

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What is this talked-of mystery of birth but being mounted bareback on the earth? – Robert Frost

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For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them. – Robert B. Parker

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Its frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself. It seems unfair. You cant assume the responsibility for everything you do –or dont do. – Simone de Beauvoir

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