Джозеф Максвелл Кутзее цитаты из книг - страница 5
«No, Paul, I couldn't care less if you tell me made-up stories. Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths.»
Why did you not thank her? Was it because you paid her, and if you pay you don't need to say thank you? Your rugby player had enough love for two.Do you really think love can be measured? That the other party is permitted to come empty-handed, empty-hearted?Thank you, Marijana for letting me love you, for letting me love your children, for letting me give you my money. Are you really such a dummy?
«We have children in order that we may learn to love and serve.»
«Not cold, he will say, and not French either. A man who sees the world in his own way and who loves in his own way.»
«Who is Marijana? A nurse from Dubrovnik with a short waist and yellow teeth and not bad legs. Who except he, with the gaze of love, sees the shy, sloe-eyed gazelle hiding within?»
«I am not dithering, at least not in my own eyes. I am acting at a pace that comes naturally to me. I am not an exceptional person, Mrs Costello, and I cannot make myself exceptional just for your sake. I am sorry.»
«I urge you: don't cut short these thought-trains of yours. Follow them through to their end. Your thoughts and your feelings. Follow them through and you will grow with them»
«It does not have to be this way, Paul. I say it again: this is your story, not mine. The moment you decide to take charge, I will fade away. You will hear no more from me; it will be as if I had never existed. That promise extends to your new friend Marianna as well. I will retire; you and she will be free to work out your respective salvations.»
«Wash yourself well. Wash everywhere. And put away that sad face. Losing a leg is not a tragedy»
«Giving always bucks him up, he knows that about himself. Spurs him to give more. Like gambling. The thrill all in the losing. Loss upon loss. The reckless, heedless falling"
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