
„I write and that way rid myself of me and then at last I can rest.“
— Clarice Lispector Brazilian writer 1920 - 1977
— Clarice Lispector Brazilian writer 1920 - 1977
— Peter Sellers British film actor, comedian and singer 1925 - 1980
As quoted in The Hollywood Book of Extravagance: The Totally Infamous, Mostly Disastrous, and Always Compelling Excesses of America's Film and TV Idols (2007) by James Robert Parish, p. 95
— Douglas Coupland, книга Life After God
Источник: Life After God (1994)
— Antonio Porchia Italian Argentinian poet 1885 - 1968
Ellos también son como yo, me digo. Y así me defiendo de ellos. Y así me defiendo de mí.
Voces (1943)
— Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
Lord Darlington, Act I
Вариант: I can resist everything except temptation
Источник: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
— Hendrik Werkman Dutch artist 1882 - 1945
version in original Dutch (origineel citaat van Hendrik Werkman, in het Nederlands): Voor mij zou het leven waardeloos zijn als er niet de moderne kunst was en als ik niet de mogelijkheid had om me daarin te uiten op welke manier dan ook, nu ik de wijze waarop ik mij kan uiten langzamerhand heb gevonden.
Quote of Werkman in his letter to August Henkels, June 1942, as cited by Doeke Sijens in H. N. Werkman - Leven & Werk - 1882-1945, ed. A. de Vries, J. van der Spek, D. Sijens, M. Jansen; WBooks, Groninger Museum / Stichting Werkman, 2015 (transl: Fons Heijnsbroek), p. 64
1940's
— Gertrude Stein, книга The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans (1925)
— Helen Keller, книга Optimism
Optimism (1903)
Контексте: I, too, can work, and because I love to labor with my head and my hands, I am an optimist in spite of all. I used to think I should be thwarted in my desire to do something useful. But I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.
— Anne Simpson Canadian poet 1956
Susan Olding Interview (February 23, 2010)
— AnnaSophia Robb American actress, singer, and model 1993
How I Spent My Summer Vacation (2008)
— Margaret Fuller American feminist, poet, author, and activist 1810 - 1850
Life Without and Life Within (1859), The One In All
— Yanni Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer 1954
— Elizabeth Bowen, книга The House in Paris
The House in Paris (1935)
— Franz Kafka author 1883 - 1924
Variant translation: The Policeman said to me, "You want to know the way? Give up! Just give up!" And he turned away like a man that wants to be alone with his laughter.
The Complete Stories (1971)
— Robert A. Heinlein American science fiction author 1907 - 1988
— Clementina Stirling Graham British writer 1782 - 1877
Mystifications, Ch. 2 http://books.google.com/books?id=FKMIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22The+best+way+to+get+the+better+of+temptation+is+just+to+yield+to+it%22&pg=PA18#v=onepage "Soiree at Mr. Russell's" (1859)