“I did not want to think so much about her. I wanted to take her as an unexpected, delightful gift, that had come and would go again — nothing more. I meant not to give room to the thought that it could ever be more. I knew too well that all love has the desire for eternity and that therein lies its eternal torment. Nothing lasts. Nothing.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
“You may turn into an archangel, a fool, or a criminal—no one will see it. But when a button is missing—everyone sees that.”
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“Nedând expresie gândurilor care ţi se îmbulzesc la poarta vorbirii, ele se retrag de la sine şi desoperi cu o mare bucurie că exprimarea lor nu era necesară.”
― Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni
― Cel mai iubit dintre pământeni
“Keep things at arm's length... If you let anything come too near you want to hold on to it. And there is nothing a man can hold on to.”
― Three Comrades
― Three Comrades
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