Raymond Roussel quotes
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“My fame will outshine that of Victor Hugo or Napoleon”
-- Raymond RousselSource : Raymond Roussel, John Ashbery (1991). “Selections from Certain of His Books”, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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“I admit that Mendeleev has two wives, but I have only one Mendeleev.”
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“Whate'er the passion, knowledge, fame, or pelf, Not one will change his neighbor with himself.”
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“What's fame? a fancy'd life in other's breath. A thing beyond us, even before our death.”
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“I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.”
Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. September 12, 2003.
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