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“Матия нарочно беше толкова тих в движенията си. Знаеше, че безпорядъкът в света не може да не се увеличава, че фоновият шум ще нараства, докато не покрие всеки ясен сигнал. Бе убеден обаче, че ако преценява правилно жестовете си, ще има по-малко вина за тази разруха.”

“But my father had already removed his hand from his pocket, and everyone could see the scrap of newspaper into which he proceeded to blow his nose. Any kind of excitement provoked powerful disturbances in his metabolism and ample secretions of fluids. If he got out of that scramble alive, the first thing he would do would be to go behind a bush and urinate, breaking wind vigorously, I was sure of that.”

“Tėvų namai su visa begaline mano meile - jokių mano intelekto reikalavimų negalėjo patenkinti. O yra jauname amžiuje toks laikotarpis, kad intelektas reiškia daugiau negu širdis. Protas trokšta, leidžiasi pats į beribes erdves, ieško paramos, gal atramos, ieško aiškaus taip ar ne savo klaidžiojančiom mintim... Socialiniai klausimai... Tie socialiniai klausimai tėvų namuose buvo trumpai išsprendžiami Dievo valios sąvoka, o daug kitų klausimų - kaimiškomis tradicijomis.”

“There is no such thing as absolute truth and absolute falsehood. The scientific mind should never recognise the perfect truth or the perfect falsehood of any supposed theory or observation. It should carefully weigh the chances of truth and error and grade each in its proper position along the line joining absolute truth and absolute error.”