Logiškai mąstė, o paskui elgėsi logiška išvada. Tačiau daugelis iš mūsų, įtariu, daro priešingai: priima instinktyvų sprendimą, paskui kuria priežasčių infrastruktūrą jam pateisinti. O rezultatą pavad...
Like what? The things Literature was all about: love, sex, morality, friendship, happiness, suffering, betrayal, adultery, good and evil, heroes and villains, guilt and innocence, ambition, power, jus...
Learnt how to pass the time. That’s one of the things about life. We’re all just looking for a place of safety. And if you don’t find one, then you have to learn how to pass the time.
I keep alive our lost private language.
History is not just the lies of the victors; it is also the self-delusions of the defeated.
Heroes become traitors, traitors become martyrs.
Had my life increased, or merely added to itself? There had been addition and subtraction in my life, but how much multiplication?
Everything is connected, even the parts we don’t like, especially the parts we don’t like.
But if you're very clever, I think there's something that can unhinge you if you're not careful.
Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time. Art does not exist for art's sake: it exists for people's sake.
What does the novel do? It tells beautiful, shapely lies which enclose hard, exact truths.
When you are in your twenties, even if you're confused and uncertain about your aims and purposes, you have a strong sense of what life itself is, and of what you in life are, and might become. Later....
يمكننا البدء،مثلا،بسؤال يبدو بسيطا:ما هو التاريخ؟- التاريخ أكاذيب المنتصرين.- ربما تتذكر كذلك أنه أوهام المهزومين أيضا.- التاريخ فطيرة بصل غير مطبوخ،لأنه مكرر،مثير للتجشؤ.لقد رأيناه مرة تلو الأخرى أثن...
وقتی جوانیم آینده‌های متفاوتی برای خودمان می‌آفرینیم، و وقتی پیر می‌شویم، گذشته‌های متفاوتی برای دیگران.
Šeimyninės laimės paslaptį sudaro ne jos pilnumas ar bent jau ne gyvenimas kartu su visais jos nariais
Wear flannel next to your skin, and never believe in eternal punishment.
Khi ta trẻ và nhạy cảm, cũng là lúc ta hay đi gieo đau đớn nhất
But what you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed.
Anımsanan hazlar kadar, anımsanan acılar konusunda da nostaljik olmak mümkün
You lose the world for a glance? Of course you do. That is what the world is for: to lose under the right circunstances.