“ Out of the fog that shrouded the countryside, softening the outlines of people and things, demonstrators emerged, flags waved and speakers rose spontaneously to address spontaneous gatherings. Mostly… Ivan Klíma
“ A picture was a motionless record of motion. An arrested representation of life. A picture was the kiss of death pretending to possess immutability. Ivan Klíma
“ Jerkish". That was the name of a language of 225 words, developed in Atlanta for mutual communications between humans and chimpanzees - and there was no doubt (...) that more and more unfortunate crea… Ivan Klíma
“ The halcyon days of childhood, a time when everything lay open before him, when the most minor episodes could be construed as events and every chance encounter … gave rise to fresh insights. Ivan Klíma
“ ..the writer’s obsession – the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of precision. Ivan Klíma
