"He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with an ax..."

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Source : Bohumil Hrabal (2007). “I Served the King of England (New Directions Classic)”, p.85, New Directions Publishing

Bohumil Hrabal

#Soul Quotes #Sensitive Quotes #Temper Quotes

“I totally believe that art is an open dialogue and that it is not logical. It does not always make sense.”
“A danger sign that fellow-obsessionals will at once recognize is the tendency to regard the happiest moments of your life as those that occur when someone who has an appointment to see you is prevented from coming.”
“Rashida Jones is simply glorious. Andy Samberg shines in a grounded performance that digs deep, sharply funny and touching, a breath of fresh comic air!”
“In the pit of her stomach she realized that everything she raged against on Saturday night-- the restrictions, rules, and guidelines-- was born of an ancient fervor. Every rule ever established, from the beginning of time, invited mutiny.”
“LINUS: Where are you going for Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown? CHARLIE: My father, my mother, Sally, and I are all going to my grandmothers for dinner. SALLY: Do you want to come too, Linus? We can hold hands under the table. LINUS: BLECH!”
“I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.”

Source : "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.
“The black person is the protagonist in most of my paintings. I realized that I didn't see many paintings with black people in them.”
“My life feels, week to week, incomplete to the level of being pointless if I am not in preparation for the next play or, ideally, into it.”

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