Jose Lezama Lima quotes
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“The violet sea longs for the birth of gods, for to be born here is an unspeakable feast, a drumroll of commanding retinues and tritons.”
-- Jose Lezama LimaSource : José Lezama Lima (2005). “José Lezama Lima: Selections”, p.9, Univ of California Press
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“The revolutionary simpleton is everywhere.”
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“The soul started at the knee-cap and ended at the navel.”
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“Give me the outside of all things, I am a fanatic for the externality of things.”
-- Jose Lezama Lima
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“The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat.”
Source : Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ruth L. C. Simms (2003). “The invention of Morel”, New York Review of Books
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“I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.”
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“Violet, the Dowager Countess: ‘I have plenty of friends I don’t like.”
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“The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.”
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“For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.”
Source : Alice Cary, Phoebe Cary, Mary Clemmer (1876). “The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.176
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Source : Anna McPartlin (2008). “Pack Up the Moon”, p.9, Simon and Schuster
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