“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”
― My Name Is Red
― My Name Is Red
“Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Good gracious!" she exclaimed, "she's been more than an hour in there! When the priests set about cleansing her of her sins, the choir-boys have to form in line to pass the buckets of filth and empty them in the street!”
― The Belly of Paris
― The Belly of Paris
“I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Do you know I don't know how one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it? How can one talk to a man and not be happy in loving him! Oh, it's only that I'm not able to express it...And what beautiful things there are at every step, that even the most hopeless man must feel to be beautiful! Look at a child! Look at God's sunrise! Look at the grass, how it grows! Look at the eyes that gaze at you and love you!”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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