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“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Trink löslichen Kaffee. Wehr Dich.”
― Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex 2

“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
― Gary Provost

“The simulation was incomplete because it didn't have a call to action.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“Soll ich, weil's Brauch ist, ein Stück Eisen stecken in das nächste Fleisch oder ins übernächste, mich dran zu halten, weil die Welt sich dreht? Herr, brich mir das Genick im Sturz von einer Bierbank.”
― Heiner Müller, Die Hamletmaschine

“Der Weg ist nicht zu Ende, auch wenn das Ziel explodiert.”
― Heiner Müller, Krieg ohne Schlacht. Leben in zwei Diktaturen. Eine Autobiographie.