The Dukays Quotes

“But it was not in Mr. Gruber's nature to look for reasons. That was why he was an ideal secretary. He had been given much fancier assignments in the past. Find out by six in the evening whether Hubermann played any Tschaikovsky after the first intermission of his concert in Brussels last year. Produce a narwhal tusk at least five feet long by eight o'clock Thursday morning. Buy, in your own name, the Domino Motion Picture Theater in Zurich. On Wednesday afternoon between five and six in the Café Meteor in Budapest, slap the face of a character known as Ervin Kugyec. A good secretary does not look for reasons but gets results.”
― Lajos Zilahy, The Dukays

“Úgy látszik, a világ fájdalommal, repedésekkel és pondrókkal van tele. Valami boldog vakság ajándékával élünk, de a fájdalom és kétségbeesés óráiban pupillák nőnek a lelkünkre, amikkel mint a macskák és a baglyok megpillantjuk a sötétben a világ valódi lényegét.”
― Lajos Zilahy, The Dukays