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Empusion

by Olga Tokarczuk

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Feb 15, 2025 02:32PM

“A není nové země, příteli, žádného nového moře; poněvadž město půjde pořád s tebou,
navěky budeš bloudit po stejných ulicích,
na stejných předměstích ducha ustydnou tvoje sny a v stejném domě pak i zešedivíš -
město je vězení.
Odejít nelze nikam, vždycky se ocitneš
znovu na tomto místě, a žádná loď tě neodveze
od tebe samotného. Pošetilče, tys ještě nepochopil,
že jak jsi promarnil svůj život tady
na tomto kousku světa, je stejně promarněný
i všude jinde - na celé širé zemi?”
― Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet

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“Mládí, krása, síla: kritéria fyzické lásky jsou přesně stejná jako kritéria nacismu. A já byl prostě v hajzlu.”
― Michel Houellebecq, The Possibility of an Island

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