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‘I used to think so. But these days I don’t think you can stay neutral for ever, that’s the thing. There comes a time when everybody has to pick a side.’
“Иногда, по глазам угадав не высказанную еще мысль, они цитировали любимого Бродского: «Так долго вместе прожили, что вновь второе января пришлось на вторник…»”
― Medea and Her Children
― Medea and Her Children
“And time is a curious thing. Most of us only live for the time that lies right ahead of us. A few days, weeks, years. One of the most painful moments in a person's life probably comes with the insight that an age has been reached when there is more to look back on than ahead. And when time no longer lies ahead of one, other things have to be lived for. Memories, perhaps.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“We always think there's enough time to do things with other people. Time to say things to them. And then something happens and then we stand there holding on to words like 'if'.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
“Есть браки, скрепляющиеся в постели, есть — распускающиеся на кухне, под мелкую музыку столового ножа и венчика для взбивания белков, встречаются супруги-строители, производящие ремонты, закупающие по случаю дешевые пиломатериалы для дачного участка, гвозди, олифу и стекловату, иные держатся на вдохновенных скандалах.
Брак Маши и Алика совершался в беседах”
― Medea and Her Children
Брак Маши и Алика совершался в беседах”
― Medea and Her Children
“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn’t.”
― A Man Called Ove
― A Man Called Ove
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