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“I wouldn't be surprised if poetry - poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs - is how the world works. The world isn't logical; it's a song.”
― Bicycle Diaries
― Bicycle Diaries
“Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with reality. Dying is like being born: just a change”
― The House of the Spirits
― The House of the Spirits
“I shall destroy capitalism! Do you hear! I shall destroy every single capitalist! And I shall start with you, you dog, if you don't help us with the bomb!'
Allan noted that the had managed to be both a rat and a dog in the course of a minute or so. And that Stalin was being rather inconsistent, because now he wanted to use Allan's services after all.
But Allan wasn't going to sit there and listen to this abuse any longer. He had come to Moscow to help them out, not to be shouted at. Stalin would have to manage on his own.
'I've been thinking,' said Allan.
'What,' said Stalin angrily.
'Why don't you shave off that moustache?'
With that the dinner was over, because the interpreter fainted.”
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Allan noted that the had managed to be both a rat and a dog in the course of a minute or so. And that Stalin was being rather inconsistent, because now he wanted to use Allan's services after all.
But Allan wasn't going to sit there and listen to this abuse any longer. He had come to Moscow to help them out, not to be shouted at. Stalin would have to manage on his own.
'I've been thinking,' said Allan.
'What,' said Stalin angrily.
'Why don't you shave off that moustache?'
With that the dinner was over, because the interpreter fainted.”
― The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
“Ik lach er mee, maar ik vraag mij af waarom de mensen niet gebleven zijn lijk de andere dieren, waarom wij en wij alleen moesten gekruisigd worden met die hel van het verstand dat alles wil ontleden en begrijpen, en dat ons niets bijbrengt dan vloeken en tranen. Hebt ge dat ooit van een beest geweten? Ze eten en slapen, ze drinken, paren en gaan dood, en ze zijn gelukkig. Wij niet, wij hebben het verstand dat ons doet vragen: waarom? En datzelfde verstand dat ons zegt: er is geen waarom, en als er toch een waarom moest zijn dan is er geen antwoord op.”
― De voorstad groeit
― De voorstad groeit
“I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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