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The Club Dumas

Book by Arturo Pérez-Reverte · 9 quotes · Devil, Absurd, Accepted

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“Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the ending seemed indisputable, definitive. No questions asked about how long love or happiness lasts in that 'forever' that can be divided into lifetimes, years, months. Even days”

“Hören Sie, Corso: Es gibt keine unschuldigen Leser. Wir alle übertragen unsere persönlichen Perversitäten auf die Texte, die wir lesen. Ein Leser ist die Summe dessen, was er vorher gelesen und im Fernsehen und Kino gesehen hat. Zu den Anhaltspunkten, die der Autor gibt, wird der Leser immer noch seine eigenen hinzufügen. Und genau hier lauert die Gefahr: Das Übermaß an Literaturkenntnissen könnte auch Sie dazu verleitet haben, sich ein falsches oder irreales Bild von Ihrem Gegner zu machen.”

“When he stepped into the shower, the hot water scalded him. He let it run over his face, burning his eyelids. He put up with the pain, his jaw clenched and his muscles taut, suppressing the urge to howl with loneliness in the suffocating steam. For four years, one month, and twelve days, Nikon always got into the shower with him after they made love and soaped his back slowly, interminably. And often she put her arms around him, like a little girl in the rain. One day I'll leave without ever really knowing you. You'll remember my big, dark eyes. The reproachful silences. The moans of anxiety as I slept. The nightmares you couldn't save me from. You'll remember all this when I'm gone.”