From the Mouth of the Whale Quotes
From the Mouth of the Whale
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“And I would have answered:
"The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins...Yes, bring that piece to me...”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
"The knottier the branch, the more twisted and misshapen, the more bent people called it, the harder it is to find it a place among the smooth planks, the more people agree that it should be thrown on the fire, the more useless it is, the more unsuitable for anything except letting one's imagination run riot, the more I covet it, the more I yearn to weigh it in my hand, the more I long to let my whittling knife be guided by its knots and veins...Yes, bring that piece to me...”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
“I felt the heat of the animosity they bear towards me, the vindictive nature that drives a man to destroy his neighbour in a fire as if he were a banned book...for what is the difference? Every book is imbued with the human spirit.”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
― From the Mouth of the Whale
“Balderdash, I say, let the sword turn into an adder and the adder a salmon and the salmon a birch twig and birch twig a sword and the sword a tongue...Let it all run together so swiftly that it cannot be separated again...”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
― From the Mouth of the Whale
“every little bit counts in a large household; the cat may seem inclined to do nothing but lick her fur but we would soon be overrun by mice if we hanged her for her vanity”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
― From the Mouth of the Whale
“Manau, kad ponas ir ponia Žuvėdros jau turi planų papuotauti mano lavonu, man mirtinai sušalus per vieną tų žygių ištuštinti šikpuodžio. Ką gi, jei jau būtent taip baigsiu savo gyvenimą, puota nebus tokia prabangi, kaip tikisi žuvėdrų gentė, - skanaus joms.”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
― From the Mouth of the Whale
“Tėvas, piršto galu prilaikydamas tavo stuburą, atsargiai atlenkė delną taip, kad tu išsitiesei, apsivertei ir likai gulėti ant nugaros. Žengiau į priekį, norėdamas geriau į tave įsižiūrėti. Sugniaužtu kumščiu tu pasikasei nosį, baisiai žaviai nusičiaudėjai ir pražiota burna pažvelgei į mane savimylos akimis. Ir aš išvydau, kad ši burna niekada nebus pasotinta, kad krūminiai niekados nenustos malę, o liežuvis niekada nepavargs būti vilgomas kitų gyvų būtybių kraujyje. Tuomet tavo lūpos sujudėjo. Mėginai ištarti savo pirmąjį žodį. Ir tas žodis buvo AŠ.”
― From the Mouth of the Whale
― From the Mouth of the Whale
