The Blind Owl Quotes

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“I thought to myself: if it鈥檚 true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“夭賳丿诏蹖 賲賳 賲孬賱 蹖讴 卮賲毓 丌亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿貙 賳賴 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲蹖 讴賳賲-賲孬賱 蹖讴 讴賳丿賴 蹖 賴蹖夭賲 鬲乇 丕爻鬲 讴賴 诏賵卮賴 蹖 丿蹖诏丿丕賳 丕賮鬲丕丿賴 賵 亘賴 丌鬲卮 賴蹖夭賲 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 亘乇卮鬲賴 賵 夭睾丕賱 卮丿賴貙 賵賱蹖 賳賴 爻賵禺鬲賴 賵 賳賴 鬲乇 賵 鬲丕夭賴 賲丕賳丿賴貙 賮賯胤 丕夭 丿賵丿 賵 丿賲 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 禺賮賴 卮丿賴”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 夭禺賲賴丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 乇賵丨 乇丕 丌賴爻鬲賴 丿乇 丕賳夭賵丕 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿 賵賲蹖鬲乇丕卮丿”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“There are sores which slowly erode the mind in solitude like a kind of canker.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“The person that I had been existed no longer. If I had been able to conjure him up and speak to him he would not have listened to me and, if he had, would not have understood what I said. He was like someone whom I had known once, but he was no part of me.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“My one fear is that tomorrow I may die without having come to know myself”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“廿賳賴 丕賱賲賵鬲 賮賯胤 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷賰匕亘 兀亘丿丕 貙 廿賳 丨囟賵乇 丕賱賲賵鬲 賷丨胤賲 賰賱 丕賱兀賵賴丕賲 貙 廿賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕 兀胤賮丕賱 丕賱賲賵鬲 貙 賵 丕賱賲賵鬲 賴賵 禺賱丕氐賳丕 賲賳 禺丿丕毓 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 廿賳賴 丕賱賲賵鬲 丕賱匕賷 賷賯賮 毓賱賷 丨丕賮丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賷賳丕丿賷賳丕 賵 賷丐賲賷 廿賱賷賳丕”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“Life as it proceeds reveals, cooly and dispassionately, what lies behind the mask that each man wears. It would seem that everyone possesses several faces. Some people use only one all the time, and it then, naturally, becomes soiled and wrinkled. These are the thrifty sort. Others look after their masks in the hope of passing them on to their descendants. Others again are constantly changing their faces. But all of them, when they reach old age, realise one day that the mask they are wearing is their last and that it will soon be worn out, and then, from behind the last mask, the real face appears.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“丿乇 胤蹖 鬲噩乇亘賷丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 亘賴 丕賷賳 賲胤賱亘 亘乇禺賵乇丿賲 讴賴 趩賴 賵乇胤賴 蹖 賴賵賱賳丕讴蹖 賲賷丕賳 賲賳 賵 丿賷诏乇丕賳 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿
賵 賮賴賲賷丿賲 讴賴 鬲丕 賲賲賰賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賷丿 禺丕賲賵卮 卮丿貙 鬲丕 賲賲賰賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賷丿 丕賮賰丕乇 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賲”
― The Blind Owl
賵 賮賴賲賷丿賲 讴賴 鬲丕 賲賲賰賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賷丿 禺丕賲賵卮 卮丿貙 鬲丕 賲賲賰賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賷丿 丕賮賰丕乇 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丿賲 賳诏賴 丿丕乇賲”
― The Blind Owl
“We are the children of death and it is death that rescues us from the deceptions of life.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“In life there are certain sores that, like a canker, gnaw at the soul in solitude and diminish it.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“From the bottom of my heart I desired to surrender myself to the sleep of oblivion. If only oblivion were attainable, if it could last forever, if my eyes as they closed could gently transcend sleep and dissolve into non-being and I should lose consciousness of my existence for all time to come, if it were possible for my being to dissolve in one drop of ink, in one bar of music, in one ray of colored light, and then these waves and forms were to grow and grow to such infinite size that in the end they faded and disappeared鈥攖hen I should have attained my desire.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“There are people whose death agonies begin at the age of twenty, while others die only at the very end, calmly and peacefully, like a lamp in which all the oil has been consumed.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“賴夭丕乇丕賳 爻丕賱 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴賲蹖賳 丨乇賮賴丕 乇丕 夭丿賴 丕賳丿貙 賴賲蹖賳 噩賲丕毓 賴丕 乇丕 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿貙 賴賲蹖賳 诏乇賮鬲丕乇蹖 賴丕蹖 亘趩賴 诏丕賳賴 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕賳丿. 丌蹖丕 爻乇鬲丕爻乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 蹖讴 賯氐賴 賲囟丨讴貙 蹖讴 賲鬲賱 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖 賵 丕丨賲賯丕賳賴 賳蹖爻鬲責 丌蹖丕 賲賳 賮爻丕賳賴 賵 賯氐賴 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 賳賲蹖 賳賵蹖爻賲責 賯氐賴 賮賯胤 蹖讴 乇丕賴 賮乇丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 丌乇夭賵賴丕蹖 賳丕讴丕賲 丕爻鬲.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“The sun, like a golden knife, was steadily paring away the edge of the shade beside the walls.The streets were enclosed between old, whitewashed walls. Everywhere were peace and stillness, as though all the elements were obeying the sacred law of calm and silence imposed by the blazing heat. It seemed as though mystery was everywhere and my lungs hardly dared to inhale the air.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“I have finally learned that I must remain silent as much as possible. I must always keep my thoughts to myself.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“兀賳丕 兀賰鬲亘 賮賯胤 賲賳 兀噩賱 丨丕噩鬲賷 廿賱賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 氐丕乇鬲 囟乇賵乇賷丞 賱賷 貙 兀賳丕 賲丨鬲丕噩 貙 賲丨鬲丕噩 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賷 賯亘賱 兀賳 兀乇亘胤 兀賮賰丕乇賷 亘賲賵噩賵丿賷 丕賱禺賷丕賱賷 貙 亘馗賱賷 貙 賴匕丕 丕賱馗賱 丕賱賲卮卅賵賲 丕賱匕賷 賷賳丨賳賷 毓賱賷 丕賱丨丕卅胤 兀賲丕賲 丕賱爻乇丕噩 匕賷 丕賱賮鬲賷賱 賵 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賴 賷賯乇兀 亘丿賯丞 賰賱 賲丕 兀賰鬲亘賴 賵 賷鬲噩乇毓賴 貙賴匕丕 丕賱馗賱 賱丕 乇賷亘 賷賮賴賲 兀賮囟賱 賲賳賷”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“賱丕 賲丕賱 毓賳丿賷 鬲爻鬲賵賱賷 毓賱賷賴 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賵 賱丕 丿賷賳 賱丿賷 賱賷兀禺匕賴 丕賱卮賷胤丕賳”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“丕夭 丿賵乇 乇蹖禺鬲賳 毓賯丕蹖丿蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賲賳 鬲賱賯蹖賳 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 丌乇丕賲卮 賲禺氐賵氐蹖 丿乇 禺賵丿賲 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“賵 賴匕丕 丕賱丕丨爻丕爻 賰丕賳 賯丿 丕爻鬲賷賯馗 賮賷 賳賮爻賷 賲賳匕 夭賲賳 亘毓賷丿 貙 賵 賴賵 兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 兀鬲丨賱賱 賵 兀賳丕 丨賷 貙 賵 賱賲 賷賰賳 賴賳丕賰 鬲賵丕賮賯 亘賷賳 噩爻賲賷 賵賯賱亘賷 貙 賵賱賷爻 賴匕丕 賮丨爻亘 貙 亘賱 亘賷賳 乇賵丨賷 賵 賯賱亘賷 貙 賰賳鬲 丕噩鬲丕夭 丿丕卅賲丕 賳賵毓丕 賲賳 丕賱賮氐丕賲 賵 丕賱鬲丨賱賱 丕賱睾乇賷亘 貙 賵 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賰賳鬲 兀賮賰乇 賮賷 兀卮賷丕亍 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳丕 賳賮爻賷 兀賳 兀氐丿賯賴丕”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“For some reason all activity, all happiness on the part of other people made me feel like vomiting. I was aware that my own life was finished and was slowly and painfully guttering out. What earthly reason had I to concern myself with the lives of the fools, the rabble-people who were fit and healthy, ate well, slept well, and copulated well and who had never experienced a particle of my sufferings or felt the wings of death every minute brushing against their faces?”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“I was growing inward incessantly; like an animal that hibernates during the wintertime, I could hear other peoples' voices with my ears; my own voice, however, I could hear only in my throat. The loneliness and the solitude that lurked behind me were like a condensed, thick, eternal night, like one of those nights with a dense, persistent, sticky darkness which waits to pounce on unpopulated cities filled with lustful and vengeful dreams. My whole being could now be summed up in my voice鈥昦n insane, absolute record. The force that, out of loneliness, brings two individuals together to procreate has its roots in this same insanity which exists in everyone and which is mingled with a sense of regret, tending gradually toward death...Only death does not tell lies! The presence of death annihilates all that is imaginary. We are the offspring of death and death delivers us from the tantalizing, fraudulent attractions of life; it is death that beckons us from the depths of life.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“What comforted me was the prospect of oblivion after death. The thought of an after-life frightened and fatigued me. I had never been able to adapt myself to the world in which I was now living. Of what use would another world be to me ? I felt that this world had not been made for me but for a tribe of brazen, money-grubbing, blustering louts, sellers of conscience, hungry of eye and heart鈥攆or people, in fact, who had been created in its own likeness and who fawned and grovelled before the mighty of earth and heaven as the hungry dog outside the butcher鈥檚 shop wagged his tail in the hope of receiving a fragment of offal. The thought of an after-life frightened and fatigued me. No, I had no desire to see all these loathsome worlds peopled with repulsive faces. Was God such a parvenu that He insisted on my looking over His collection of worlds ? I must speak as I think. If I had to go through another life, then I hoped that my mind and senses would be numb. In that event I could exist without effort and weariness. I would live my life in the shadow of the columns of some lingam temple. I would retire into some corner where the light of the sun would never strike my eyes and the words of men and the noise of life never grate upon my ears.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賱賲丕匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賵 賲爻丕乇丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賲鬲賳賵毓丞 鬲氐賷亘賳賷 亘丕賱睾孬賷丕賳 賮賷 丨賷賳 兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 兀毓賱賲 兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賷 賯丿 丕賳鬲賴鬲 貙 賵 兀賳賴丕 鬲匕賵賷 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丐賱賲丞 賵 亘亘胤亍”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“I saw that pain and disease existed and at the same time that they were void of sense and meaning. Among the men of the rabble I had become a creature of a strange, unknown race, so much so that they had forgotten that I had once been part of their world. I had the dreadful sensation that I was not really alive or wholly dead. I was a living corpse, unrelated to the world of living people and at the same time deprived of the oblivion and peace of death.”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“The doctor came and prescribed opium for me. What a marvellous remedy for the pains of my experience!”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl
“賵 賷亘丿賵 兀賳 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱賯丿賲丕亍 賵 兀賮賰丕乇賴賲 賵毓丕丿丕鬲賴賲 賵 乇睾亘丕鬲賴賲 丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲賯賱鬲 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 廿賱賷 丕賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱鬲丕賱賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 丕丨丿賷 賵丕噩亘丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貙 賲賳匕 丌賱丕賮 賲賳 丕賱爻賳賷賳 賲囟鬲 賷乇丿丿賵賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 貙 賵 賰丕賳賵丕 賷夭丕賵賱賵賳 丕賱噩賲丕毓 亘賳賮爻 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 貙 賵 賰丕賳鬲 賱賴賲 賰賱 丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 貙 兀賱賷爻鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘兀賰賲賱賴丕 賯氐丞 賲囟丨賰丞 貙 兀爻胤賵乇丞 丨賲賯丕亍 賱丕 鬲氐丿賯 責”
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
― 丕賱亘賵賲丞 丕賱毓賲賷丕亍
“Uzun zamand谋r bende, diri diri da臒谋lmakta, par莽alanmakta oldu臒um duygusu belirmi艧ti. Yaln谋z cismim de臒il, ruhum da, aralar谋nda bir uyu艧ma olmaks谋z谋n, kalbimle s眉rekli z谋t gidiyorlard谋. Garip bir da臒谋lma ve b枚l眉nmeden ge莽iyordum s眉rekli. Bazen bir 艧ey d眉艧眉n眉yor, buna kendim de inanm谋yordum. Bazan i莽imde kendime kar艧谋 bir ac谋ma duygusu beliriyor, ama akl谋m ay谋pl谋yordu beni. Birisiyle konu艧sam, bir 艧ey yapsam, t眉rl眉 konularda s枚ze kar谋艧sam g枚nl眉m ba艧ka yerde oluyordu, akl谋m ba艧ka yerde, ve ay谋pl谋yordum kendimi. Da臒谋lan 莽枚z眉len bir kitleydim ben. Sanki ben hep b枚yleydim, b枚yle de kalaca臒谋m: acayip, bi莽imsiz bir kar谋艧谋m...”
― The Blind Owl
― The Blind Owl