Author: David Markson

Cites

• Søren Kierkegaard (1)
  • IN: Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: What an extraordinary change takes place... when for the first time the fact that everything depends upon how a thing is thought first enters the consciousness, when, in consequence, thought in its absoluteness replaces an apparent reality.
    FROM: NULL, (1842), NULL, Denmark
• Bertrand Russell (1)
  • IN: Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: When I was still doubtful as to his ability, I asked G.E. Moore for his opinion. Moore replied, "I think very well of him indeed." When I enquired the reason for his opinion, he aid that it was because Wittgenstein was the only man who looked puzzled at his lectures.
    FROM: Last philosophical testament: 1943-68, (1968), Book, UK
• Wittgenstein (1)
  • IN: Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I can well understand why children love sand.
    FROM: NULL, (1935), NULL, Austria