Fabulous Monsters Quotes

“İlk halinin ikiye bölünmesinden sonra kayıp diğer yarısını aramaya mahkum olan yarım benliğe dair platoncu efsane sanırım oldukça yaygın bir deneyimdir: olamayacağımız benliğin deneyiminin özlemini duyarız.”
― Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends

“Queequeg, insan eğer yaşamaya karar vermişse, yalnızca hastalığın onu öldüremeyeceğine inanır.”
― Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends

“She thinks, The boy has issues. He’s no longer a surly, grumpy, malicious adolescent, rude to his elders, “fat, and scant of breath.” Now he’s a surly, grumpy, malicious adult, rude to his elders, “fat, and scant of breath.” As a mother she finds this hard to admit, but she thinks her son is not quite right in the head. As a boy he played with imaginary friends; now he sees ghosts and dreams of dark plots and weird conspiracies.”
― Alberto Manguel, 迷人怪物

“A biologia diz-nos que descendemos de criaturas de carne e osso, mas, no fundo, sabemos bem que somos filhos e filhas de fantasmas de papel e tinta.”
― Alberto Manguel, Fabulous Monsters: Dracula, Alice, Superman, and Other Literary Friends