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“To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.”
― Burial Rites
― Burial Rites
“Μαζί της είδα για λίγο κάποιο φως, που δεν ήταν θεϊκό, ήταν απλώς το καντήλι της γυναίκας που αιώνια φέγγει, αν και φορτώνεται στην πλάτη της όλες τις αμαρτίες του κόσμου.”
― Περί της εαυτού ψυχής
― Περί της εαυτού ψυχής
“I don't want to be remembered, I want to be here!”
― Burial Rites
― Burial Rites
“But don't you know, Mr. Stoner?" Sloane asked. "Don't you understand about yourself yet? You're going to be a teacher."
Suddenly Sloane seemed very distant, and the walls of the office receded. Stoner felt himself suspended in the wide air, and he heard his voice ask, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," Sloane said softly.
"How can you tell? How can you be sure?"
"It's love, Mr. Stoner," Sloane said cheerfully. "You are in love. It's as simple as that.”
― Stoner
Suddenly Sloane seemed very distant, and the walls of the office receded. Stoner felt himself suspended in the wide air, and he heard his voice ask, "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," Sloane said softly.
"How can you tell? How can you be sure?"
"It's love, Mr. Stoner," Sloane said cheerfully. "You are in love. It's as simple as that.”
― Stoner
“Δεν μου ήταν ποτέ εύκολο να συνεννοηθώ με άνθρωπο. Ούτε μπορούσα να καταλάβω γιατί οι άνθρωποι ήταν τόσο διαφορετικοί από εμένα. Αυτό βέβαια ήταν πολύ αφελές από τη μεριά μου, αλλά και πολύ χρήσιμο. Γιατί με είχε σε μια μόνιμη ταραχή, σε μια διαρκή διαμαρτυρία και σ’ ένα πολύ γόνιμο παράπονο… Από την άλλη, είχα μια ευγένεια η οποία με κατέστρεψε απολύτως! Εμπόδισε δηλαδή τη ζωή μου να πάρει το δρόμο της. Υπέμεινα πράγματα τα οποία δεν έπρεπε να υπομείνω, με το αιτιολογικό μιας ευγένειας ότι θα πίκραινα, ότι θα πείραζα, ότι θ’ αναστάτωνα των άλλων τη ζωή. Αυτό ήταν μία ήττα. Καθαρή ήττα...”
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