“I suffer from life and from other people. I can’t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful — only then do I find myself and feel comforted.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Reality can be entered through the main door or it can be slipped into through a window, which is much more fun.”
― The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories
― The Grammar of Fantasy: An Introduction to the Art of Inventing Stories
“често пъти използваше лупа, за да чете любимите си книги - не защото не виждаше, а защото искаше любимите ѝ изречения да се разпадат на думи, думите - на любими букви, буквите - на едва доловими звукове, заглъхващи в притихналата ѝ памет, преди наново да я насеят с образи, предмети, пейзажи, предчувствия и светове.”
― Малката светица и портокалите
― Малката светица и портокалите
“It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.”
― Comet in Moominland
― Comet in Moominland
“Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.”
― The Waves
― The Waves
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