Breyten Breytenbach Quotes

• You ride astride the imaginary in order to hunt down the real.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Real, Order, Hunts

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• Leaving traces of ourselves, as in creative productivity, could then be seen as part of the definition of consciousness for us as well. We know that in order to progress we must stretch for something just out of reach--if only for a life that will be more compassionate and decent than the cruelty, paranoia, greed, narrow corporatism, or narcissism we mostly indulge in and find such ample justification for. And so we dream.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Dream, Order, Indulge In

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• In dancing with the enemy one follows his steps even if counting under one's breath.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Dancing, Enemy, Steps

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• The world, our world, has existed since night of time, yet every day we must recreate it. If we did not walk upon the earth, it would not exist.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Night, Our World, Earth

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• Americans have mastered the art of living with the unacceptable.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Art, Art Of Living

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• I came, I saw, I was confused.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Confused, Saws, Disorder

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• Even ivory towers need central heating.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Ivory Tower, Towers, Needs

  Breyten Breytenbach (1996). “Memroy of Birds in Times of Revolution”

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• The predominant yardstick of your government is not human rights but national interests.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Rights, Government, Yardsticks

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• In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Reality, Spotlight, Opaque

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• I think it's an area that one writes from that is curious because it is not a clearly defined partisan one.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Writing, Thinking, Curious

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• The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  America, Goal, Ungrateful

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• Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind the grassroots opposition to the Vietnam War.

  Breyten Breytenbach

  Powerful, War, Mind

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