Mignon McLaughlin citáty

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„Život, ktorý žijeme, mi pripomína parazita v črevách. Žijeme v tme a snažíme sa uzrieť svetlo tak, že vyjdeme von ústami. Ale akokoľvek sa snažíme, vždy nás niečím spláchnu a nakoniec vyjdeme von z opačnej strany. Ale svetlo už nevidíme.“

„Pre našich priateľov je dôležité, aby verili, že sme k nim bezvýhradne úprimní, a pre priateľstvo je dôležité, aby sme úprimnými neboli.“

“Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.”

“Courage can't see around corners but goes around them anyway.”

“The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.”

“Most of us can easily do two things at once; what’s all but impossible is to do one thing at once.”

“It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.”

“The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so.”

“Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.”