Anna and the Swallow Man Quotes

“I know it's not good for a girl to be without a father these days. But is it any better for a father to be without a daughter?”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Because," said the swallow man. "A friend is not someone to whom you give the things you need when the world is at war. A friend is someone to whom you give the things that you need when the world is at peace.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Men who try to understand the world without the help of children are like men who try to bake bread without the help of yeast.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Each man is the steward of his own soul.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Аз не знам всичко, скъпа моя. Но и не искам да знам. Едвал ли би било много приятно да знаеш всичко. Знанието е хубаво нещо, разбира се, и много важно, защото нещата, които знаем, се превръщат в наши оръдия на действие, а в този свят без наличието на добри оръдия е много трудно да оцелееш... [...] Но знанието е и особен вид смърт. Един въпрос съдържа в себе си целия потенциал на живата вселена, а познанието е статично и безплодно. Въпросите, Анна, въпросите са много по-ценни от отговорите, пък и те много по-рядко могат да избухнат в лицето ти! Ако продължиш да задаваш въпроси, няма начин да се отклониш от правия път.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“The world as it exists is a very, very dangerous place.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“A river goes wherever the riverbank does. It never had to ask which way, but only flows along. Yes?”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“To keep yourself from becoming an instrument of death, you kill?”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“The only way to imagine the sound of that sort of screaming is to think of it as the sound produced when the universe rips itself open to let Death come through”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Knowledge is, of course, very important, because the things that we know become our tools, and without good tools at our disposal, it is quite difficult to remain alive in the world.
But knowledge is also a kind of death. A question holds all the potential of the living universe within it. In the same way, a piece of knowledge is inert and infertile. Questions, Anna – questions are far more valuable than answers, and they do much less blowing up in your face as well. If you continue to seek questions, you cannot stray far off the proper road.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Макар и тежко, разочарованието се побира много лесно във всеки куфар - има остри ръбове и заоблени ъгли, и винаги пасва и в последното останало празно пространство. Почти същото е с надеждата. Но хибридът между тези двете не е толкова универсален - той е неравен, доста по-обемен и много тежък. И твърде крехък, за да се побере в багаж. Трябва да се носи на ръце.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“The practice of lying is concerned with attempting to overlay a thin paper substitute atop the world that exists in order that it seem to suit your purposes. But the Swallow Man didn't need the world to suit him. He could make himself suit whatever world it pleased him to agree existed.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“forefinger, pointing right, parallel”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Τα σύνορα ίσως να ήταν μόνο μία γραμμή στην άμμο, αλλά, όταν φοβάσαι, φαντάζει απέραντα μεγάλη η διαφορά της περιπλάνησης στη δική σου αυλή και της περιπλάνησης στην αυλή του γείτονα.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Άκουσέ με: αν έχεις ποτέ την παραμικρή αμφιβολία ότι υπάρχει κάτι καλό ή παρηγορητικό στο οποίο μπορείς να βασιστείς, τότε πρέπει να θεωρήσεις πως δεν έχεις τίποτα.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Υπήρχε και κάτι άλλο ακόμα, κάτι που πάλευε να περιγράψει η Άννα, κάτι που την έκανε να νιώθει εκείνο το είδος απόλυτης προστασίας και ασφάλειας το οποίο συχνά παύει εντελώς να υφίσταται με το τέλος της παιδικής ηλικίας. Αυτό το πράγμα ήταν το καλύτερο στοιχείο της πατρικότητας.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

“Η Άννα θυμόταν ότι εκείνες οι μέρες σαν να ήταν γεμάτες ζεστασιά και ήλιο, αλλά έμαθε ότι ο πόλεμος είναι σαν την κακοκαιρία - αν κοντεύει να ξεσπάσει, τότε καλύτερα να μη βρίσκεσαι σε εξωτερικό χώρο.”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man