epigraph

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Or, as Silvina Ocampo put it, in a quotation selected by Ms. Schweblin as her epigraph: “Strange is always truer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Kehlmann’s epigraph, from the Austrian Nazi writer Heimito von Doderer’s 1966 short story collection “Under Black Stars,” describes “drifting along on a broad wave of absurdity, although we knew and saw it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

It is as Caro says in the book’s epigraph: “One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.”

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

I use John Pesando’s remark as the epigraph, “Every whistleblower is an amateur playing against professionals.”

From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024

I open to the epigraph, a quote by Wendell Berry: "In the circle of the human we are weary with striving, and are without rest."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour