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“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
― What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“May I kiss you then? On this miserable paper? I might as well open the window and kiss the night air.”
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“Man was entering under false pretenses the sphere of incredible facilities, acquired too cheaply, below cost price, almost for nothing, and the disproportion between outlay and gain, the obvious fraud on nature, the excessive payment for a trick of genius, had to be offset by self-parody.”
― The Street of Crocodiles
― The Street of Crocodiles
“The days hardened with cold and boredom like last year's loaves of bread. One began to cut them with blunt knives without appetite, with a lazy indifference.”
― The Street of Crocodiles
― The Street of Crocodiles
“ Czasem linia męskiego karku może zmienić całe twoje życie. Sposób, w jaki sięga on do kieszeni po drobne, powoduje skurcz serca i chłód dłoni. To, jak dotyka twego łokcia lub nie zapiętego guzika mankietu koszuli, budzi w tobie demony, których istnienia nikt nie był świadom. ”
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Magic Realism
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Magic realism is a global and varied mode of literature, from the early twentieth century European works which made the everyday seem magical, to the ...more
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