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Winter Journal QUOTES

Winter Journal QUOTES

41 " ​
La gente te importunaba por la fuerza de la costumbre,molestaba por el simple placer de molestar, y seguían pinchándote hasta que les demostrabas que tú también estabas dispuesto a fastidiarla, momento en el cual te ganabas su respeto. "

― Paul Auster , Winter Journal

42 " Such was life in France. People pushed by force of habit, pushed for the pure pleasure of pushing, and they would go on pushing until you showed them you were willing to push back, at which point you would earn their respect. "

― Paul Auster , Winter Journal

43 " Spartan surroundings, yes, but surroundings have never been of any importance as far as your work is concerned, since the only space you occupy when you write your books is the page in front of your nose, "

― Paul Auster , Winter Journal

44 " whenever someone asks him why he smokes, he inevitably answers: “Because I like to cough. "

― Paul Auster , Winter Journal