Alex Băieş > Alex's Quotes

“What is most appealing about young folks, after all, is the changes, not the still photograph of finished character but the movie, the soul in flux.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner

“Keep cool but care”
― Thomas Pynchon, V.

“I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved.”
― Franz Kafka, Diaries, 1910-1923

“A serious and good philosophical work could be written consisting entirely of jokes.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

“In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.”
― Lermontov a, Un Héros de notre temps. (précédé de) La Princesse Ligovskoï

“I avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself...”
― Thomas Bernhard, Wittgenstein’s Nephew