“Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.”
Book:One-Way Street
Quote by Walter Benjamin
Work
One-Way Street
This book compiles a series of essays and personal reflections, exploring a wide range of subjects from the author's perspective. more
Author
Walter Benjamin
Walter Benjamin, born on July 15, 1892, and died on September 26, 1940, was a prominent German literary critic whose works profoundly influenced 20th-century literary criticism and cultural theory. more
You May Also Like
Source: Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day
“It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.”
“A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.”
Source: The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest
Source: The Works of Herman Melville