“Perhaps we don't like what we see: our hips, our loss of hair, our shoe size, our dimples, our knuckles too big, our eating habits, our disposition. We have disclosed these things in secret, likes and dislikes, behind doors with locks, our lonely rooms, our messy desks, our empty hearts, our sudden bursts of energy, our sudden bouts of depression. Don’t worry. Put away your mirrors and your beauty magazines and your books on tape. There is someone right here who knows you more than you do, who is making room on the couch, who is fixing a meal, who is putting on your favorite record, who is listening intently to what you have to say, who is standing there with you, face to face, hand to hand, eye to eye, mouth to mouth. There is no space left uncovered. This is where you belong.”
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“Но есть на свете вещи, по самой своей сути не созданные оставаться в тайне, – ни самые крепкие замки, ни глухие барьеры не могут спрятать их от людских глаз и ушей. («Три вещи в мире невозможно скрыть, – говорили турки, – любовь, кашель и бедность».)”
― The Bridge on the Drina
― The Bridge on the Drina
“Never mind. Just be advised, boys,” she said, “you’ll want to watch your step, ’cause what I am is, is like a small-diameter pearl of the Orient rolling around on the floor of late capitalism—lowlifes of all income levels may step on me now and then but if they do it’ll be them who slip and fall and on a good day break their ass, while the ol’ pearl herself just goes a-rollin on.”
― Inherent Vice
― Inherent Vice
“Какая-то мысль засела ему в голову — как пес кружит над норой, не зная, кто затаился внутри, и один голос говорит ему: пес, забудь об этой норе, тебе нет до нее дела — она слишком большая и слишком черная, и следы повсюду указывают на медведя или на кого еще хуже. А другой голос, похожий на хитрый шепот, голос самой его породы, не слишком приятный, слишком настойчивый, твердит: взять его, пес, взять его!”
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
― One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
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