581 Quotes About Nothing



  • Author John Cowper Powys
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    Mr. Geard uncrossed his legs and purposely made his chair creak by shifting his position in it. One of the grand secrets of the man's magnetic power was that he forced himself to see nothing, to hear nothing, to think nothing of other people's affairs.

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  • Author Elias Canetti
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    The trouble is, I am not at peace with myself; I am not always "something," and if for once I am "something," I pay for it by "being nothing" for months on end.'—Kafka, quoted by Canetti

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