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"...her thoughts, her words, the events she had taken part in, as ordinary as her life, and yet – each of them was sure of it – lined in darkness and sorrow, because the world is not friendly to mankind, and the only thing to be done is to find a shell for yourself and your loved ones, and stay in there until you are released."

"And Paweł Boski realised that on this sleepless, hung-over night he was staring helplessly at the birth of his own death – that in his life the hour of noon had already struck, and now, gradually, deviously, and imperceptibly the twilight was closing in.
He felt like an abandoned child, like a clod of earth thrown on the roadside verge."

"Imagining is essentially creative; it is a bridge reconciling matter and spirit. Especially when it is done intensely and often. Then the image turns into a drop of matter, and joins the currents of life. Sometimes along the way something in it gets distorted and changes. Therefore, if they are strong enough, all human desires come true – but not always entirely as expected."

"If you take a close look at an object, with your eyes closed to avoid being deceived by the appearances that things exude around themselves, if you allow yourself to be mistrustful, you can see their true faces..
Things are beings steeped in another reality, where there is no time or motion. Only their surface can be seen. The rest, hidden elsewhere, defines the significance and meaning of each material object."

я зазвичай не пишу відгук на статус "в прогресі", лише прикінцевий, бо не люблю спамити стрічку гудрідза, але тут не можу ся втримати - наскільки ж гарно все написано!
Якийсь мікс із Непростих Прохаська (тільки без інцесту), і потрошку з двох Домів - Дома на горі Шевчука та Дома для Дома Амеліної (тільки тут сільський антураж). А, і ще щось є від Люко Дашвар, тільки без трешу.
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