Quotations by Franz Kafka

FRANZ KAFKA (1883 –1924), ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT AUSTRIAN (CZECH) JEWISH NOVELISTS AND SHORT STORY WRITERS OF THE 20TH-CENTURY MODERN WORLD LITERATURE.   “Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live.” ~ Franz Kafka, The Trial   “I’m...

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Quotations by Walter Scott

WALTER SCOTT, IN FULL SIR WALTER SCOTT, 1ST BARONET (1771 –1832) WAS A LEADING SCOTTISH NOVELIST, POET, AND CRITIC.  “For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.” ~ Walter Scott, Ivanhoe   “Wounds...

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Quotations by Henry James

HENRY JAMES, (1843 –1916), WAS A PROMINENT AMERICAN NOVELIST AND CRITIC.   “We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.” ~ Henry James, The Middle Years   “There are few...

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Quotations by George Eliot

GEORGE ELIOT, PSEUDONYM OF MARY ANN, OR MARIAN, CROSS, NÉE EVANS, (1819- 1880) WAS AN ENGLISH NOVELIST, WHO STANDS AMONGST THE FIRST-RANKED WRITERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.   “No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.” ~ George...

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