“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
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“And then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will yes.”
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“Bejah zauzet čitanjem i pisanjem, kad grunu u moju sobu velik broj tih ljudi naoružanih neznanjem tupim kao batina i mržnjom oštrom poput noža. To ne bejahu moje svile od kojih im se zakrvaviše oči, no moje knjige poređane po policama; svilu smotaše pod ogrtače, a knjige pobacaše na pod i stadoše ih gaziti nogama i cepati ih na moje oči. A knjige te bejahu u kožu povezane i obeležene brojevima i bejahu napisane od učenih ljudi, i u njima bejaše, da su ih hteli čitati, hiljade razloga da me smesta ubiju i bejaše u njima, da su ih hteli čitati, leka i melema za njihovu mržnju. I rekoh im da ih ne cepaju, jer mnoge knjige nisu opasne, opasna je samo jedna; i rekoh im da ih ne cepaju, jer čitanje mnogih knjiga dovodi do mudrosti, a čitanje jedne jedine do neznanja naoružanog mahnitošću i mržnjom.”
― A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
― A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“Kakvu muziku slušate?"
"Volim Baha."
"Koja vam se kompozicija posebno sviđa?"
"Od BWV846 do BWV893."
Tengo malo razmisli, pa reče: "Dobro temperovani klavir, prvi i drugi deo."
"Da."
"Zašto odgovaraš brojevima?"
"Tako se lakše pamti.”
― 1Q84
"Volim Baha."
"Koja vam se kompozicija posebno sviđa?"
"Od BWV846 do BWV893."
Tengo malo razmisli, pa reče: "Dobro temperovani klavir, prvi i drugi deo."
"Da."
"Zašto odgovaraš brojevima?"
"Tako se lakše pamti.”
― 1Q84
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