Author: Delmore Schwartz

Quotes

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

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

- 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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