“You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there are fewer in your right hand than there are in your left and you want to slow down but you still hurtle on towards a conclusion you can hardly bear to discover.”
― Magpie Murders
― Magpie Murders
“I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“Lata rozpadają się na miesiące, miesiące na dni, dni na godziny, minuty na sekundy, a sekundy przeciekają. Czym jestem? Jestem pewna ilością sekund - które przeciekły. Rezultat: nic.
Nic.”
― Cosmos
Nic.”
― Cosmos
“What transforms this world is — knowledge. Do you see what I mean? Nothing else can change anything in this world. Knowledge alone is capable of transforming the world, while at the same time leaving it exactly as it is. When you look at the world with knowledge, you realize that things are unchangeable and at the same time are constantly being transformed.”
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
― The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
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