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“And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.”
Julien Benda“And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died.”
Julien Benda“Thought flies and words go on foot.”
Julien Green“True poetry is embarrassing.”
Julien Torma“...a redoubtable alchemy was at work behind impenetrable veils as the forest prepared its nocturnal mysteries.”
Julien Gracq“Here we are in the century of information, that is to say the unformed. Every kind of literature will be journalistic, with a science for ballast.”
Julien Torma“A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.”
Julien Gracq“Blood had long since ceased to beat from one end to the other, but one could sense, from passages marked with fresher traces of wheels and hooves, that once the meaning and even the very idea of a long journey was lost, sleep had not descended over it in one fell swoop: it had continued to steal a march here and there, in a discontinuous way, and over short distances, like a laborer who feels his cart jolt on a section of Roman road that crosses his field...”
Julien Gracq“Getting lost is not fatal. Almost every time, it will make your world.”
Julien Smith“Julien felt himself to be strong and resolute like a man who sees clearly into his own heart.”
Stendhal, The Red and the Black“Everything you are used to, once done long enough, starts to seem natural, even though it might not be.”
Julien Smith, The Flinch