The Suitcase Quotes

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The Suitcase Quotes
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“There's a reason every book, even one that isn't very serious, is shaped like a suitcase”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“If Hemingway is to believed, poverty is an invaluable school for a writer. Poverty makes a man clear-sighted. And so on. It's interesting that Hemingway realized this only when he became rich.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Most people consider problems whose solutions don't suit them to be insoluble.
And they constantly ask questions to which they don't need truthful answers.”
― The Suitcase
And they constantly ask questions to which they don't need truthful answers.”
― The Suitcase
“We didn鈥檛 raise our daughter, we merely loved her.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“孝褉懈 胁械褖懈 屑芯卸械褌 褋写械谢邪褌褜 卸械薪褖懈薪邪 写谢褟 褉褍褋褋泻芯谐芯 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褟. 袨薪邪 屑芯卸械褌 泻芯褉屑懈褌褜 械谐芯. 袨薪邪 屑芯卸械褌 懈褋泻褉械薪薪械 锌芯胁械褉懈褌褜 胁 械谐芯 谐械薪懈邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褜. 袠 薪邪泻芯薪械褑, 卸械薪褖懈薪邪 屑芯卸械褌 芯褋褌邪胁懈褌褜 械谐芯 胁 锌芯泻芯械. 袣褋褌邪褌懈, 褌褉械褌褜械 薪械 懈褋泻谢褞褔邪械褌 胁褌芯褉芯谐芯 懈 锌械褉胁芯谐芯.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“No point in arguing. But of course I argued.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“I looked at the empty suitcase. On the bottom was Karl Marx. On the lid was Brodsky. And between them, my lost, precious, only life.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“You can divide the world into two kinds of people: those who ask, and those who answer. Those who pose questions, and those who frown in irritation in response.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“I decided to "find myself" in monumental sculpture. Alas, monumental sculpture is a very conservative genre. The cause is the monumentality itself. You can secretly write novels and symphonies. You can secretly experiment on canvas. But just try to hide a twelve-foot-high sculpture!”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Leger died a Communist, having fallen once and for all for the greatest charlatanism of all times. It may be that, like many artists, he was stupid”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“袘芯谢褜褕懈薪褋褌胁芯 谢褞写械泄 褋褔懈褌邪械褌 薪械褉邪蟹褉械褕懈屑褘屑懈 褌械 锌褉芯斜谢械屑褘, 褉械褕械薪懈械 泻芯褌芯褉褘褏 屑邪谢芯 懈褏 褍褋褌褉邪懈胁邪械褌. 袠 芯薪懈 斜械蟹 泻芯薪褑邪 蟹邪写邪褞褌 胁芯锌褉芯褋褘, 褏芯褌褟 锌褉邪胁写懈胁褘械 芯褌胁械褌褘 懈屑 褋芯胁械褉褕械薪薪芯 薪械 褌褉械斜褍褞褌褋褟鈥�”
― 效械屑芯写邪薪
― 效械屑芯写邪薪
“As a schoolboy I liked to draw the leaders of the world proletariat - especially Marx. Just start smearing an ordinary splotch of ink around and you've already got a resemblance...”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Nicht umsonst sagt meine Frau immer: 鈥濪ich interessiert alles, au脽er deinen ehelichen Pflichten.鈥�
Meine Frau versteht unter ehelichen Pflichten in erster Linie N眉chternheit.”
― Der Koffer
Meine Frau versteht unter ehelichen Pflichten in erster Linie N眉chternheit.”
― Der Koffer
“袥械卸褍 褌褍褌 薪邪 写懈胁邪薪械 胁 芯写懈薪芯褔械褋褌胁械, 褋 卸械薪芯泄.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“携 芯谐谢褟写械谢 锌褍褋褌芯泄 褔械屑芯写邪薪. 袧邪 写薪械 - 袣邪褉谢 袦邪褉泻褋. 袧邪 泻褉褘褕泻械 - 袘褉芯写褋泻懈泄. 袗 屑械卸写褍 薪懈屑懈 - 锌褉芯锌邪褖邪褟, 斜械褋褑械薪薪邪褟 卸懈蟹薪褜.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“The university campus was in the old part of town. The combination of water and stone creates a special, majestic atmosphere there. It's hard to be a sluggard under those circumstances, but I managed.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Le persone, per la maggior parte, considerano insolubili i problemi la ci soluzione non va loro a genio. Cos矛 continuano senza sosta a fare domande, anche se non hanno affatto bisogno di avere risposte sincere...”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“袦芯褟 卸械薪邪 胁褋械谐写邪 褉邪褋泻褉褘胁邪谢邪 褌褍 泻薪懈谐褍, 褔褌芯 谢械卸邪谢邪 斜谢懈卸械. 袠 薪邪褔懈薪邪谢邪 褔懈褌邪褌褜 褋 谢褞斜芯谐芯 屑械褋褌邪.
小薪邪褔邪谢邪 屑械薪褟 褝褌芯 蟹谢懈谢芯. 袟邪褌械屑 褟 褍斜械写懈谢褋褟, 褔褌芯 泻薪懈谐懈 械泄 胁褋械谐写邪 锌芯锌邪写邪褞褌褋褟 褏芯褉芯褕懈械. 袧械 褌芯 褔褌芯 屑薪械. 校卸 械褋谢懈 褟 褉邪褋泻褉芯褞 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪褍褞 泻薪懈谐褍, 褌芯 褝褌芯 薪械锌褉械屑械薪薪芯 斜褍写械褌 芦袩芯写薪褟褌邪褟 褑械谢懈薪邪禄..”
― The Suitcase
小薪邪褔邪谢邪 屑械薪褟 褝褌芯 蟹谢懈谢芯. 袟邪褌械屑 褟 褍斜械写懈谢褋褟, 褔褌芯 泻薪懈谐懈 械泄 胁褋械谐写邪 锌芯锌邪写邪褞褌褋褟 褏芯褉芯褕懈械. 袧械 褌芯 褔褌芯 屑薪械. 校卸 械褋谢懈 褟 褉邪褋泻褉芯褞 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪褍褞 泻薪懈谐褍, 褌芯 褝褌芯 薪械锌褉械屑械薪薪芯 斜褍写械褌 芦袩芯写薪褟褌邪褟 褑械谢懈薪邪禄..”
― The Suitcase
“袣褌芯 屑褘 褌邪泻懈械, 褔褌芯斜褘 褉邪褋锌芯褉褟卸邪褌褜褋褟 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪薪芯泄 卸懈蟹薪褜褞?!”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase
“Abans que nasquem, hi ha un abisme. Despr茅s de morts, hi ha un abisme. La mostra vida 茅s nom茅s un gra de sorra a l'oce脿 indiferent de la infinitud. Intentem almenys que aquest instant no s'enfosqueixi de tristor i d'avorriment! Intentem deixar una esgarrapada a l'escor莽a terrestre."
La maleta, Sergei Dovlatov”
― The Suitcase
La maleta, Sergei Dovlatov”
― The Suitcase
“[...]Basically, that marble fucker is hanging by a thread. So when the rally starts, stay to the side. And warn your wife."
"But the cream of Leningrad will be standing there! What if the thing falls?"
"Might be for the best, the foreman replied wanly.”
― The Suitcase
"But the cream of Leningrad will be standing there! What if the thing falls?"
"Might be for the best, the foreman replied wanly.”
― The Suitcase
“The day was cold but sunny. The city was decorated with holiday flags.”
― The Suitcase
― The Suitcase