Vladys Kovsky

“The quality that we call beauty ... must always grow from the realities of life.”
― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows

“the essence of some stories lies precisely in this: they do not change, but remain like citadels or lighthouses facing the irresistible assault of time”
― Cristina Peri Rossi, The Ship of Fools

“Just as the hero of a play... - be it Oedipus or Hamlet or Arturo Ui - was often an archetype, standing for individual consciousness of every human being, so the double act could be seen as the simplest representation of an entire society... Look at Vladimir and Estragon, ... look at Laurel and Hardy; even look at Morecambe and Wise - and you see a pared-down image of a more-or-less functioning society. Human beings doing their best to get along together; unable to hide their impatience, sometimes, with the recalcitrant behaviour of their fellow earth-dwellers, but each unable to do without the other.”
― Jonathan Coe, The Proof of My Innocence

“there are journeys from which one cannot return”
― Cristina Peri Rossi, The Ship of Fools