Arthur Koestler Quotes


Death tripped down the corridor, changing step, struck out here and there, danced pirouettes; often I felt his breath on my face when he was miles away; often I fell asleep and dreamed while he stood leaning over my bed.


Citations

Koestler, Arthur. Dialogue with Death. Macmillan, 1938, p. 165.

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Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler
  • Born: September 5, 1905
  • Died: March 1, 1983
  • Nationality: Hungarian, British
  • Profession: Novelist, Essayist, Journalist

Arthur Koestler, CBE was a Hungarian British author, journalist and jewish intellectual. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. In 1931, Koestler joined the Communist Party of Germany, but he resigned in 1938 because Stalinism disillusioned him.