“In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.”
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) German poet, playwright, theatre director
In den finsteren Zeiten
Wird da auch gesungen werden?
Da wird auch gesungen werden.
Von den finsteren Zeiten.
"Motto to the 'Svendborg Poems' " [Motto der 'Svendborger Gedichte] (1939), trans. John Willett in Poems, 1913-1956, p. 320
Poems, 1913-1956 (1976)
Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919–1988) American diplomat
The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
Source: Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
“There are melodies that must have words… and melodies that sing themselves without words.”
Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright
Mekubolim, 1906. Alle Verk, vi. 53.
Context: There are melodies that must have words... and melodies that sing themselves without words. The latter are of a higher grade. But these, too, depend on a voice and lips,... hence are not yet altogether pure, not yet genuine spirit. Genuine melody sings itself without a voice. It sings inside, within the heart, in man's very entrails!
“I am reminded again that the greatest phrase ever written is words, words, words.”
Wallace Thurman (1902–1934) American novelist active during the Harlem Renaissance
Benjamin Fish Austin (1850–1933) Nineteenth-century Canadian educator/Methodist Minister/Spiritualist
Sermon (1899)
“This book was written using 100% recycled words.”
Terry Pratchett book Wyrd Sisters
Source: Wyrd Sisters
“Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon.”
Joseph Bruchac (1942) American children's writer
Source: Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
