Fever and Spear

“We live, I suppose, in the unconfessed hope that the rules will at some point be broken, along with the normal course of things and custom and history, and that this will happen to us, that we will experience it, that we — that is, I alone — will be the ones to see it. We always aspire, I suppose, to being the chosen ones, and it is unlikely otherwise that we would be prepared to live out the entire course of an entire life, which, however short or long, gradually gets the better of us.”

OptimismDelusionExceptionalism

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“We forget what we say much more than what we hear, what we write much more than what we read, what we send much more than what we receive, that is why we barely count the insults we hand out to others, unlike those dealt out to us, which is why almost everyone harbors some grudge against someone.”

HearingForgettingGrudgeSpeaking

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“Era solamente un animo adulatore, di quelli che non sopportano di essere antipatici a qualcuno, neppure a quelli che detestano, aspirano a essere benvoluti perfino a quelli a cui fanno del male.”

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“… kalkan görevi yapan kişiler, kulağı ve gözü hep tetikte bekçilik yapanlar hayatta çok acı çeker.”

Javier Marias

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“…biliyorsun kadınlar genç olmadıklarını düşündükleri zaman yaşlanırlar, başlangıçta yaştan ziyade düşünceleri yaşlandırır kadınları, kendilerini bırakırlar.”

Javier Marias

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“Come si può non vedere nel tempo lungo che ci finirà e finisce con il perderci ci perderà? Non intuire né indovinare la sua trama, la sua macchinazione e la sua danza in cerchio, non fiutare il suo malanimo o respirare il suo squallore, non captare il suo torbido agguato e la sua lentissima e illanguidente attesa e la conseguente impazienza che chissà per quanti anni avrà dovuto tenere a freno? Come posso non conoscere oggi il tuo volto domani, quello che già esiste o trama sotto la faccia che mostri o sotto la maschera che indossi, e che mi mostrerai soltanto quando non me lo aspetto?”

Thruth

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“Alsof ik nu, terwijl ik het gekabbel begreep, de rivier geloofde, en door te geloven dat ik haar begreep samen met haar herhaalde terwijl ik langzaam in slaap viel met het open oog van dit land dat voor sommigen een vaderland is, zachtjes en loom en met het open oog waarmee ik besmet ben en het schijnsel dat er niet is: Ik ben de rivier, ik ben de rivier en daarom de draad van de continuïteit tussen levenden en doden net als de verhalen die 's nachts tegen ons praten, ik lijk op de tijden en ook op de feiten, ik ben de rivier. Maar de rivier is de rivier, en verder niets.”

ZelfkennisEigen NietigheidIllusiesZichzelf Durven Aankijken

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