“I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.”
Source: The Vampire Armand
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William Blake
(1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Source: 1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793), Proverbs of Hell, Line 70
Raymond Chandler
(1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter
"A Qualified Farewell" (essay, early 1950's), published in The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler (1976)
“Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough.”
Mark Twain
(1835–1910) American author and humorist
“It was not enough.
It was too much.
It was everything.”
Jill Shalvis
(1963) American writer
Source: Lucky in Love
“I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
(1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer
Number 2 (as translated by Cliff Crego)
I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough
to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough
to be to you just object and thing,
dark and smart.
I want my free will and want it accompanying
the path which leads to action;
and want during times that beg questions,
where something is up,
to be among those in the know,
or else be alone.
(as translated by Annemarie S. Kidder)
Das Stunden-Buch (The Book of Hours) (1905)
Source: Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Context: I am too alone in the world, and yet not alone enough
to make every hour holy.
I am too small in the world, and yet not tiny enough
just to stand before you like a thing,
dark and shrewd.
I want my will, and I want to be with my will
as it moves towards deed;
and in those quiet, somehow hesitating times,
when something is approaching,
I want to be with those who are wise
or else alone.
“A little too much is just enough for me.”
Jean Cocteau
(1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker