Dusia Lan Kretchmer > Dusia's Quotes

“Дочь интуитивно поняла, что Юная Невеста научилась быть далекой и вряд ли откажется от этого навыка, избрав именно такую,особую и неподражаемую, форму элегантности. Подумала: она всегда будет наивной и таниственной. Ее станут обожать.”
― Alessandro Baricco, La Sposa giovane

“I know this much: that there is objective time, but also subjective time, the kind you wear on the inside of your wrist, next to where the pulse lies. And this personal time, which is the true time, is measured in your relationship to memory.”
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending

“-Ogni tanto mi chiedo che cosa stiamo aspettando?
-Che sia troppo tardi.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“Non ti amo per noia, o per solitudine, o per capriccio. Ti amo perchè il desiderio di te è più forte di qualsiasi felicità.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.”
― Somerset Maugham