But also read against yourselves, read for questioning and impotence, for despair and erudition…
ADAM ZAGAJEWSKIAnd also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can’t understand because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.
More Adam Zagajewski Quotes
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And now, advice for beginning mystics.
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In summer the empire of insects spreads.
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Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness.
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A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all.
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Gabriel Levin’s book is a journey through time and through entrenched animosities of the Middle East.
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More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.
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And also read those whose darkness or malice or madness or greatness you can’t understand because only in this way will you grow, outlive yourself, and become what you are.
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Remember that the act of writing is a tiny part of a bigger something.
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A brilliant poet is at work here-a poet in the rugged landscape of conflict and pain.
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I don’t need to explain why it’s a curse.
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Once in a while it vanishes – in the sense that I become deaf to beauty for a week or two or three.
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A blessing because it brings about a movement, an energy which, when it peaks, creates a poem. Or a moment of happiness.
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Cities at daybreak are no one’s, and have no names. And I, too, have no name, dawn, the stars growing pale, the train picking up speed.
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Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can.
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Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head.
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