I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock. — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“Friendship is no ideal state of mind; it is a law, and a strict one, on which the entire legal systems of great cultures… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them. — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character.” His voice was hoarse. “Don’t you… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face of danger,… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with which the… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“To nie komputer jest winien, ze przeważająca większość ludzi dziś jest w dalszym ciagu głupia, tylko sam człowiek, który w każdej cywilizacji, a więc… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
“Byla neurčitelná a nezařaditelná, jako by ji úplne nepojímala žádná národnost a třída, jako by se příroda jednou pokusila vytvořit samostatnou nezávislou a svobodnou… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
We all of us must come to terms with what and who we are, and recognize that this wisdom is not going to earn… — Sándor Márai Copy Share
