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“A képek mindent tudnak, legjobban azt, amit leginkább próbálok elfelejteni, ami már nem álom. Hogy egyszer, életemben egyetlenegyszer nem az alvás agyvérszegénységében, hanem valóságban is feltárult énelőttem egy ajtó, amelyet akkor se nyitott volna ki, aki odabenn magányát és tehetetlen nyomorúságát védte, ha már ropog is feje fölött az égő háztető. Azt a zárat csak nekem állt hatalmamban megmozdítani: aki a kulcsot megforgatta, jobban hitt nekem, mint az Istennek, és én is azt hittem magamról abban a végzetes percben, isten vagyok, bölcs, megfontolt, jó és racionális. Tévedtünk mind a ketten, az is, aki bízott bennem, és én is, aki elbíztam magamat.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“Mikor nagyon éles késsel döfik szíven az embert, még nem esik össze azonnal. Mindannyian tudtuk, Emerenc elvesztésének tudata nem most aktivizálódik még bennünk, később ingunk meg, később esünk a földre, s azt sem itt tesszük [...], hanem az utcán, ahol soha többé nem seper már, vagy a kertben, ahol hasztalan osonnak majd a sérült, bársonytalpú macskák és kóbor kutyák, nem dob nekik ételt senki.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“Bátran éltem idáig, remélem, meghalni is így fogok, bátran és hazugság nélkül, de ennek az a feltétele, hogy kimondjam: én öltem meg Emerencet. Ezen az se módosít, hogy nem elpusztítani akartam, hanem megmenteni.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“...mondtam, olyan botrány még nem volt, mint amilyen lesz a Parlamentben, ha én ott megjelenek, mit gondol, érdekel engem, mit tervezett, szőtt ott magában meg a barátaival, miközben én szerettem, ő meg nem szeretett? Szerettem őt. Hallja? Nem a fejit, a tudományát, mert az vitte el tőlem, az a nagyokos feje, tele tannal [...] Olyan bátor volt, életerős, olyan vidám, mint aki nem hal meg soha. És az a rengeteg könyv meg az a végtelen tudomány! Ki akarta azt mind megtanulni, feleljen?”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“Fáradt vagy, mert főzöl, és takarítasz, és vásárolsz, és nem sikerül senkit se találnod, akit elviselsz a közeledben, mert nem valakit keresel te, hanem azt az egyetlent, aki soha többé nem jön el hozzád, Emerencet.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“Щом нямаш вяра в това, което вършиш �� рече замислено Верена, �� защо ще го вършиш? Сетне ще ти се струва, че цял свят те е излъгал... Грозни неща никнат в измамена душа, смучат до корен всичко, от което си летял... дори да си роден безкрил.”
― Николай Теллалов, Да пробудиш драконче

“С какво сте по-добри от миналото? Само че с тези ваши коли, железници, самолети сте по-бързи - ха! Ала помисли какво се е загубило! Удоволствието от самия път - нека и тежък, тъй се най усеща, нали светът от това е хубав, че е шарен! Ами сега? По-бързо научавате новините - имате вестници, четете от хартия или гледате телевизия, вместо да послушате някой разказвач. Не сте ли от това забравили да другарувате, да търсите общ език? Погледни - хем знаете повече... хем се разбирате по-малко...”
― Николай Теллалов, Да пробудиш драконче

“Ала да жертваш нещо Старо заради Новото, то си е чиста сделка с дявола, глупава и гибелна. Не е цена това - безвъзвратно да събориш всичко ценно заради нов градеж, дори да го замисляш като велик, защото най-често ще е рожба на моментна необходимост или по-лошо �� на прищявка...”
― Николай Теллалов, Да пробудиш драконче

“Nem látja, hogy rám hiába villog, nekem senki se kell, aki nem tökéletesen az enyém? Maga mindenkit berakna egy dobozba, aztán mikor ki kell, azt veszi elő, ez itt a barátnőm, ez az unokatestvérem, ez az öreg keresztanyám, ez a szerelmem, ez az orvosom, ez a préselt virág Rhodosz szigetéről, na, hagyjon engem békén. Ha egyszer nem leszek, majd nézzen ki olykor a temetőbe, az elég, ha nem vállaltam azt az embert barátnak, mert férjnek óhajtottam, maga se játssza itt nekem azt, hogy maga az én meg nem született gyermekem.”
― Magda Szabó, The Door

“Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily �� weak people, in other words...”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

“Възрастните солидни люде не участват в Групата за Свободно Търсене. Те имат свои, възрастни, солидни занимания. Те знаят, че всички тези чужди планети в своята същност са достатъчно еднообразни и досадни. Еднообразно-досадни. Досадно-еднообразни�� Разбира се, ако си на двадесет години, ако не умееш нищо като хората, ако не знаеш конкретно какво всъщност би искал да умееш, ако не си се научил да цениш най-голямото свое богатство �� времето, ако нямаш и не ти се предвиждат някакви особени таланти, ако доминанта на твоята същност, както и преди десет години, остават ръцете и краката, а не главата, ако си толкова примитивен и си въобразяваш, че на неизвестните планети може да се намери някаква неизвестна на Земята скъпоценност, ако, ако, ако�� е, тогава�� разбира се. Тогава вземи каталога, отвори го на коя да е страница, забий пръст в кой да е ред и лети, когато искаш. Откривай нова планета, наричай я със собственото си име, определяй физически характеристики, сражавай се с чудовища, стига да се намират, влизай в контакт, стига да има с кого, робинзонствай, ако няма никой��”
― Arkady Strugatsky, Обитаемый остров

“When I’m a Duchess,�� she said to herself (not in a very hopeful tone though), “I won’t have any pepper in my kitchen at all. Soup does very well without. Maybe it’s always pepper that makes people hot-tempered,�� she went on, very much pleased at having found out a new kind of rule, “and vinegar that makes them sour—and camomile that makes them bitter—and—and barley-sugar and such things that make children sweet-tempered. I only wish people knew that; then they wouldn’t be so stingy about it, you know��”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.
When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.
All art is quite useless.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one,�� said the young lord, plucking another daisy.
Hallward shook his head. “You don’t understand what friendship is, Harry,�� he murmured -”or what enmity is, for that matter. You like everyone; that is to say, you are indifferent to everyone.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“[...] и знаеше, че докато не го разбере, ще се скита вечно по прашните пътища на чуждите светове, по чуждите пътечки, без да намери своята собствена, която води човека към толкова просто нещо, каквото е щастието. Към чувството за дом и близък човек. Но така е устроен животът, че на силните хора често се падат трудни пътища, които им носят успех, слава, уважение �� всичко друго, но не и обикновено човешко щастие. В живота на всеки човек има тъжни минути, когато целият свят му се вижда черен и простите истини му се струват безнадеждно объркани, очевидното �� скрито, а истината �� лъжа. В такива мигове той има нужда от приятел […]”
― Евгений Гуляковский, Долгий восход на Энне

“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
― Noam Chomsky

“Túl tágas és izgalmas hely a világ ahhoz, hogy egyetlen helyen legyünk otthon benne, ha ugyan mi vagyunk otthon valahol, s nem az otthon van bennünk, amit kicsomagolunk hol itt, hol ott, többé vagy kevésbé.”
― Parti Nagy Lajos

“At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Very little worth knowing is taught by fear.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“He shook his head pityingly. “This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll dice, and understand that the whole game may hinge on one turn of a die. You deal out cards, and say that all a man's fortune for the night may turn upon one hand. But a man's whole life, you sniff at, and say, what, this naught of a human, this fisherman, this carpenter, this thief, this cook, why, what can they do in the great wide world? And so you putter and sputter your lives away, like candles burning in a draft.��
“Not all men are destined for greatness,�� I reminded him.
“Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I change the world today?��
“This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.��
“No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has time not to think of such things. Each creature in the world should consider this thing, every moment of the heart's beating. Otherwise, what is the point of arising each day?”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

“Too late to apologize, I've already forgiven you.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“Don’t do what you can’t undo, until you’ve considered what you can’t do once you’ve done it.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

“Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“You will live to love again. You know you have lost your springtime girl, your Molly on the beach with the wind in her brown hair and red cloak. You have been gone too long from her, and too much has befallen you both. And what you loved, what both of you truly loved, was not each other. It was the time of your life. It was the spring of your years, and life running strong in you, and war on your doorstep and your strong, perfect bodies. Look back, in truth. You will find you recall fully as many quarrels and tears as you do lovemaking and kisses. Fitz. Be wise. Let her go, and keep those memories intact. Save what you can of her, and let her keep what she can of the wild and daring boy she loved. Because both he and that merry little miss are no more than memories anymore." She shook her head. "No more than memories.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“All this guilt and shame and remorse you carry, Kestrel. Don’t you see? That is what they burned you with. And you have added to it, all these years. The wall is of your own making. Take it down. Forgive yourself. Come out.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“When the mainstay of one's world is taken away, it's only natural to cling to all the rest, to try desperately to keep things as close to the way they were as one can." He shook his head sorrowfully. "But no one can ever go back to yesterday.”
― Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic

“No. You stop. Stop thinking you're the son your father disowned. You're not who he expected you to be; that doesn't mean you aren't somebody. Nor are you perfect. Stop using every mistake you make as an excuse to fail completely.”
― Robin Hobb, The Mad Ship