Aicha

“يمكن أن يكون لديك كل شيء في الحياة، يمكنك التغلب على كل ما حولك وفي العالم، كل شيء يمكن أن تعطيك إياه الحياة ويمكنك انتزاع كل شيء، لكن لا يمكنك أبداً تغيير الأذواق، الميول، الإيقاعات الحيوية لشخص محدد، هذه الخصوصية، هه الكيفية التي تجعلك خاصاً ومختلفاً التي تطبع الشخص الذي يهمك أمره.”
― شاندور ماراي, اللقاء الأخير

“Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the most beautiful thing in my life. I was poor, but I was not alone, because I had a friend. And Vienna was like another friend. When it rained in the tropics, I always heard the voice of Vienna. And at other times too. Sometimes deep in the virgin forests I smelled the musty smell of the entrance hall in Hietzing. Music and everything I loved was in the stones of Vienna, and in people's glances and their behavior, the way pure feelings are part of one's very heart. You know when the feelings stop hurting. Vienna in winter and spring. The allés in Schönbrunn. The blue light in the dormitory at the academy, the great white stairwell with the baroque statue. Morning ridings in the Prater. The mildew in the riding school. I remember all of it exactly, and I wanted to see it again...”
― Sándor Márai, Embers

“لا شئ أخطر من رجل لا يخضع للطاغية”
― Sándor Márai, Casanova in Bolzano

“Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character.” His voice was hoarse. “Don’t you understand? To be called beautiful will be an insult; talent will be called a provocation, and character an outrage. Because it’s their turn now, and they will appear everywhere, from everywhere, emerging in their hundreds of millions and more. Everywhere. The ugly ones, the talentless, those without any character. And they’ll throw vitriol in the face of beauty. They will tar and slander talent. They will stab through the heart anyone with character. They’re here already … And there’ll be more of them. Be careful!”
― Sándor Márai, La mujer justa