Papyrus Quotes

• The alphabet was one thing when applied to clay or stone, and quite another when set down on light papyrus.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Light, Media, Clay

  Marshall McLuhan (1964). “Understanding media: the extensions of man”

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• Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Memories, Men, Deeds

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1958). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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• One of the fascinating things about early writing on slates, on papyrus, even on early handwritten books, is for instance, there were no space between the words. People just wrote in continuous script.

  Nicholas G. Carr

  Book, Writing, Space

  Source: bigthink.com

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• Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.

  Zahi Hawass

  Egypt, Pages, Manuscripts

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• En el campo de las matemáticas egipcias, el profesor Karpinski de la Universidad de Michigan ha insistido durante mucho tiempo en que los papiros matemáticos que han sobrevivido demuestran claramente el interés científico de los egipcios en las matemáticas puras por sí mismas. Ahora no tengo ninguna duda de que el profesor Karpinski tiene razón, ya que las pruebas del interés por la ciencia pura, como tal, son perfectamente concluyentes en el Papiro Quirúrgico de Edwin Smith.

  James Henry Breasted

  Long, Doubt, Michigan

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• Como si hubiera entrado en una fábula, como si no fuera más que palabras arrastrándose por una página seca, o como si se estuviera convirtiendo en esa misma página, esa superficie en la que se escribiría su historia y a través de la cual soplaba un viento caliente y despiadado, convirtiendo su cuerpo en papiro, su piel en pergamino, su alma en papel.

  Salman Rushdie

  Viento, Alma, Pieles

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• I emphasize the distinction between brackets and no brackets because it will affect your reading experience, if you will allow it. Brackets are exciting. Even though you are approaching Sappho in translation, that is no reason you should miss the drama of trying to read a papyrus torn in half or riddled with holes or smaller than a postage stamp--brackets imply a free space of imaginal adventure.

  Anne Carson

  Drama, Reading, Adventure

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• Tú escribiste esto, ¿verdad?", dijo. "Dice cómo derrotar a Set". Thoth desdobló las páginas del papiro. "Oh, vaya. Odio leer mi viejo trabajo. Mira esta frase. Ahora nunca la escribiría así". Se palpó los bolsillos de la bata. "Bolígrafo rojo: ¿alguien tiene uno?". Isis se resistió a mi fuerza de voluntad, insistiendo en que hiciéramos entrar en razón a Thoth. Una bola de fuego, suplicó. ¿Sólo una enorme bola de fuego mágica? No podía decir que estuviera tentado, pero la mantuve bajo control. "¿Desde cuándo la baba te hace poderoso?

  Rick Riordan

  Powerful, Hate, Reading

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• There’s nothing here,” Carter said. “What do you want?” I asked. “We’ve got wax, some toilet papyrus, an ugly statue.

  Rick Riordan

  Toilets, Ugly, Want

  Rick Riordan (2010). “The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid”, Hyperion

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• Carter pulled out several lengths of brown twine, a small ebony cat statue, and a thick roll of paper. No, not paper. Papyrus. I remember Dad explaining how the Egyptians made it from a river plant because they never invented paper. The stuff was so thick and rough, it made me wonder if the poor Egyptians had had to use toilet papyrus. If so, no wonder they walked sideways.

  Rick Riordan

  Dad, Cat, Rivers

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• Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I was his slave," he said, dropping unconsciously into the speech of his own people. "I have served Marcus, and it was not slave-service...my stomach will be glad when we start on this hunting trail.

  Rosemary Sutcliff

  Hunting, Hands, People

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