Author: Delmore Schwartz

Quotes

In dreams begin responsibilities.

In dreams begin responsibilities.

- Delmore Schwartz

What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?

What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child?

- Delmore Schwartz

The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.

The Jew is at once alienated and indestructible; he is in exile from his own country and in exile even from himself, yet he survives the annihilating fury of history.

- Delmore Schwartz

Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.

Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.

- Delmore Schwartz

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