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Marcel Schwob was a French writer born on August 23, 1867, and died on February 12, 1905. He is known for his unique literary style and profound insights into the psychology of characters.

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Famous Marcel Schwob Quotes

“Build your house alone and, alone, burn it to the ground. Throw no debris behind you; may each put his ruins to use. Construct nothing in nights past. Set what you build adrift. Contemplate new buildings, following the slightest impulse of your soul. For each new desire, create new gods.”

Desire Loneliness Creation Symbolism

Book:The Book of Monelle

Source: The Book of Monelle

“But if I do not figure out how to stay busy, I do not know what shall become of me. My brain is empty-I read, I read, I read-and I dare not think.”

Reading Thoughts Busy Melancholy

Book:The Book of Monelle

Source: The Book of Monelle

“Burn the dead meticulously, and scatter their ashes to the four winds of the sky. Burn past actions meticulously, and grind their ashes; the phoenix that rises from these ashes shall be the selfsame thing. Play not with the dead, and caress not their faces. Laugh not at them, and cry not over them: forget them. Trust not things past. Waste not your time crafting beautiful caskets for moments past; think of killing the moments to come. Mistrust all corpses.”

Life Death Nostalgia Rebirth

Book:The Book of Monelle

Source: The Book of Monelle

“May every clay cup you have inherited crumble in your hands. Break all cups from which you shall have drunk.”

Nostalgia

Book:The Book of Monelle

Source: The Book of Monelle

“Do not be surprised,' she said. 'It is I, and it is not I; You shall find me again, and you shall lose me; Once more shall I come among you; for few men have seen me, and none has understood me; And you shall forget me, and you shall recognize me, and you shall forget me.”

Women France Phantoms Symbolists

Book:The Book of Monelle

Source: The Book of Monelle

“May your course not run from one end to the other; for such a course does not exist; but may every step you take mark a redressed projection. With your left foot you shall wipe out the footprint of your right foot.”

Symbolist

Book:El libro de Monelle

Source: El libro de Monelle

“With your left foot you shall wipe out the footprint of your right foot.”

Left Feet Wipe Footprint

Author:Marcel Schwob

About the Author

Born: August 23, 1867
Died: February 12, 1905
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 7

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The Book of MonelleRelated source material

El libro de MonelleRelated source material

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