Josef Skvorecky quotes
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“Lovers of literature will look for the remains of the golden treasure in that shipwreck on the bottom of the sea of criticism.”
-- Josef SkvoreckySource : Josef Škvorecký (1985). “The Engineer of Human Souls”, Pocket Books
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“Artists hold out the mirror to the bruises on the face of the world.”
-- Josef SkvoreckySource : Josef Škvorecký (1971). “All the bright young men and women: a personal history of the Czech cinema”, P. Martin Associates
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“We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.”
-- Josef SkvoreckySource : Josef Škvorecký (1986). “The engineer of human souls: an entertainment on the old themes of life, women, fate, dreams, the working class, secret agents, love and death”, Picador
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“There is beauty everywhere on earth, but there is greater beauty in those places where one feels that sense of ease which comes from no longer having to put off one’s dreams until some improbable future – a future inexorably shrinking away; where the fear that has pervaded one’s life suddenly vanishes because there is... nothing to be afraid of.”
-- Josef SkvoreckySource : Josef Škvorecký (1986). “The engineer of human souls: an entertainment on the old themes of life, women, fate, dreams, the working class, secret agents, love and death”, Picador
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“ArnoÅ¡t Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.”
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“There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.”
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“When the Communist Party comes to power, it acts a lot like the mafia: If you are a loyal member in good standing, everything is yours. You're protected, even if you commit a crime.”
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“Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.”
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Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.”
Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.179, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Source : Adelaide Crapsey, “Adventure”
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“The sea is endless when you are in a rowboat.”
Source : Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ruth L. C. Simms (2003). “The invention of Morel”, New York Review of Books
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“I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.”
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“Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.”
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“Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.”
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“A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.”
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“Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.”
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