“Collecting is a primal phenomenon of study; the student collects knowledge.” - Walter BenjaminCollector's CoreTumblr (3.0; @cottoncore)http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/"Actually, writers are people who write books not out of poverty but out of dissatisfaction with the..."“Actually, writers are people who write books not out of poverty but out of dissatisfaction with the books they could afford but do not like.”<br/><br/> - <em>Walter Benjamin, “Unpacking My Library”</em>http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/50654136682http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/50654136682Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:00 +0100quote"Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his..."“Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.”<br/><br/> - <em>Walter Benjamin, “One-Way Street”</em>http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/50087252619http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/50087252619Fri, 10 May 2013 14:24:00 +0100quote"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence..."“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”<br/><br/> - <em> Albert Camus (via <a href="http://derrickmercer.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">derrickmercer</a>)</em>http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/2713181019http://cottoncore.tumblr.com/post/2713181019Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:25:33 +0000