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“...his heart had positively begun to beat to the time of suspense...The unspoken had come up, and there was a crisis - neither could have said how long it lasted - during which they were reduced, for all interchange, to looking at each other on a quite an inordinate scale.”
― The Golden Bowl
― The Golden Bowl
“But were ideals, after all, meant to be realised? No, a thousand times no! We might long for the stars, but should we ever reach them? No, hope, not realization, was the most beautiful thing in life: "L'espérance, toute trompeuse qu'elle soit, sert au moins à nous mener à la fin de la vie par un chemin agréable". La Rochefoucauld said that...”
― Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
― Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
“Let me indicate here how men can prove that their words are their own: let them put their preaching into practice.”
― Letters from a Stoic
― Letters from a Stoic
“Но вспять безумцев не поворотить,
Они уже согласны заплатить.
Любой ценой — и жизнью бы рискнули,
Чтобы не дать порвать, чтоб сохранить
Волшебную невидимую нить,
Которую меж ними протянули…”
―
Они уже согласны заплатить.
Любой ценой — и жизнью бы рискнули,
Чтобы не дать порвать, чтоб сохранить
Волшебную невидимую нить,
Которую меж ними протянули…”
―
“Sentía que dentro del pecho le pataleaba la emoción, como un ser vivo más grande que el seno que lo contiene, y se desahogaba con risas frenéticas, o con repentinos y ardientes chorretazos de lágrimas. Ni era posible decir si aquello era en ambos felicidad o una pena lacerante, porque uno y otro se sentían como heridos por un aguijón que les llegaba al alma, y atormentados por el deseo de un más allá.”
― Tristana
― Tristana
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