Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.
“Each of us narrates our life as it suits us.”
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
“If nothing could save us, not money, not a male body, and not even studying, we might as well destroy everything immediately.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“How can I explain to this woman—I thought—that from the age of six I've been a slave to letters and numbers, that my mood depends on the success of their combinations, that the joy of having done well is rare, unstable, that it lasts an hour, an afternoon, a night?”
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
― Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
“There are people who leave and people who know how to be left.”
― The Story of a New Name
― The Story of a New Name
“Unlike stories, real life, when it has passed, inclines toward obscurity, not clarity.”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
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