Quotes of Isaac Babel - somelinesforyou

“ No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ Even at the time—twenty years old—I said to myself: better to go hungry, to go to prison, to be a tramp, than to sit at an office desk ten hours a day. There is no particular daring in this vow, but I have not broken it and shall not do so. The wisdom of my grandfathers sat in my head: we are born for the pleasure of work, fighting, love, we are born for that and nothing else. (Guy de Maupassant) ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel

“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”

- Isaac Babel
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