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When the possibility of voluntary withdrawal was first proposed, concerns were expressed that it could be a recipe for chaos, with Euro-skeptic parties in member states provoking secession crises for short-run political advantages. This is unlikely to be a serious problem in practice. The advantages of economic integration are such that (...) an argument for secession would not be credible and hence not believed.

Sind nur die ersten zwei Kapitel so chaotisch geschrieben, oder ist das gesamte Buch so?

"... ta plechovka od piva, která vyplašila holuby, co nahoře spí, když se dole hrajou písničky, kterým holubi nerozumějí."

??? WTF ???

"O plech se odráží slunce, z plechovky se stává slunečnice, a když konečně dopadne na zem, zazvoní tak, že se mi vybaví zvuk školního zvonku, který ohlašoval cvičný poplach, a my si museli navléknout plynové masky a odpochodovat do sklepa a tam sedět a ani nedutat a můj kamarád Jirka Najman se do té masky poblib, ale naštěstí v okamžiku, když už zase drnčel zvonek, který oznamoval konec poplachu, jako teď zvoní..."

"Here then was the paradox of the President’s speech. We normals—aided, doubtless, by our wish to be fooled, were indeed well and truly fooled (‘Populus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur’). And so cunningly was deceptive word-use combined with deceptive tone, that only the brain-damaged remained intact, undeceived."

"As I run I tell myself to think of a river. And clouds. But essentially I'm not thinking of a thing. All I do is keep on running in my own cozy, homemade void, my own nostalgic silence. And this is a pretty wonderful thing. No matter what anybody else says."

This book is extraordinary!

Interview with Indira Gandhi:

"Usually I do not change my mind about people whom I met and judged. The first impression remains valid. But sometimes I do, with pride. Because having a mind means also using it to recognize a mistake and correct it. Especially when history is involved. And history is something in movement, in process, like life. History is life."

Interview with Mohammed Riza Pahlavi:

M.R.P: "Many think the Third World War can only break out over the Mediterranean, but I say it can break out much more easily over Iran. Oh, much more easily! It´s we, in fact, who control the world´s energy resources. To reach the rest of the world, oil doesn´t go through the Medditerranean, it goes through the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean."

Hodiny zastavte svůj tok! Vodo přestaň kapat! Neboť tato chvíle je dobrá - rád bych, aby čas neplynul, nýbrž aby tato chvíle nikdy nepřešla!

It finally starts to make sense. Maybe I have underestimated this book.

Oh, no...

I don't like the way this book is going. It is quite boring and so not McEwan-like.

When will it finally end??

#TeamInej

I don’t remember it to be so lifeless…

I think I have it! It might be the first time in my reading history but I am pretty sure that I know who is the killer.

This book is like a little happy place.

I cannot stand her! Scarlet is such…. an irritating woman!