Quotes by Benjamin, Walter

Not to find one's way in a city may well be uninteresting and banal. I >>

Reminiscences, even extensive ones, do not always amount to an autobio >>

Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion bord >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

I feel like I'm drowning. Every night, I'm carrying home loads of thin >>

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and alway >>

Hypocrite reader -- my fellow -- my brother! >>

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

Benjamin, Walter