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“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were always my friends, let fail all else.”
― Sailing Alone around the World
― Sailing Alone around the World
“It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.”
― Jingo
― Jingo
“A venecijanska laguna bi mi, i pored moje velike ljubavi prema Veneciji, ostala strani, čudan i neshvatljiv kuriozitet da nisam, umoran od glupog gledanja jednog istog, na osam dana i noći uzeo čamac, hleb i krevet kod jednog ribara iz Torčela. Veslao sam duž ostrva, gacao mrežom po mrkim, muljevitim sprudovima, upoznao biljke i životinje lagune, disao i posmatrao njen jedinsveni vazduh, i od tada mi je ona prisna i prijateljska. Tih osam dana sam verovatno mogao da potrošim na Ticijana i Veronezea, ali u onom ribarskom čamcu sa trouglastim zlatnomrkim jedrom naučio sam da bolje razumem Ticijana i Veronezea, nego u Akademiji i duždevoj palati. I ne samo nekoliko slika, već i čitava Venecija nije za mene više samo lepa zagonetka koje se plašim, već je postala mnogo lepša stvarnost koja mi pripada i na koju, zato što je razumem, imam pravo.”
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“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.”
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Kod mnogih od onih nebrojenih koji su se u novije vreme umorno i s verom poklonički vraćali postojbinskoj kolevci čovečanstva i kulture i bacali pred noge velikom Konfuciju i velikom Lao-Ceu, radi se jednostavno o dubokoj čežnji za onom božanskom dokolicom koja se tu upražnjava. Šta je čarolija Bahusa koja oslobađa briga i slatka, sanjiva slast hašiša prema beskrajnom miru onoga ko je pobegao od sveta i koji sedeći na rubu planine, posmatra kretanje svoje senke, a svoju dušu, koja pažljivo osluškuje, pušta da se slije sa neprestanim, tihim, opojnim ritmom kruženja sunca i meseca. Mi smo kod nas, na jadnom Zapadu, pocepali vreme na najsitnije delove od kojih svaki ima još vrednost novčića; a tamo, vreme još uvek nije isparčano, teče u valovima koji stalno rastu i koji su dovoljni da ugase žeđ jednog sveta, tamo je vreme neiscrpno, kao so u moru i svetlost zvezda.”
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