Pavol Hardos

“I'd become one of those mistakes you sometimes find in an office, a not unpleasant but mostly unproductive presence bobbing along on the energy tides of others, a walking reminder of somebody's error in judgement.”
― Sam Lipsyte, The Ask

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

“People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?”
― David Rakoff, Half Empty

“Farskou půdu tvořil pravidelný jehlan s čtvercovou podstavou nesený vazbou bytelných trámů. Hluboké podélné praskliny v trámech Hanse v dětství děsily možností, že se krov zhroutí. Pozdější zjištění, že vlastně každý trám je prasklý, se stalo základem jeho životního postoje, který si po vystřízlivění z touhy po dokonalosti formuloval asi tak, že když už musím být prasklý, měl bych být aspoň prasklý dobře.”
― Jan Balabán, Možná že odcházíme