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> [“Sometimes when I get up and emerge from the mists of slumber, my whole room hurts, my whole bedroom, the view from the window hurts, kids go to school, people go shopping, everybody knows where to go, only I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/sometimes-when-i-get-up-and-emerge-from-the-mists-of-slumber-my-whole/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

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## More by Bohumil Hrabal

> [“Dovevate starvene seduti a casa, sul culo...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/dovevate-starvene-seduti-a-casa-sul-culo/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“Trembling as usual, I dropped to one knee and, holding on to the drum with one hand, looked up, wondering what he, my boss,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/trembling-as-usual-i-dropped-to-one-knee-and-holding-on-to-the-drum/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [I expect them to tell me things about myself I don't know...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/i-expect-them-to-tell-me-things-about-myself-i-don-t-know/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“Suddenly the door opened and in stomped a giant reeking of the river, and before anyone knew what was happening, he had grabbed a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/suddenly-the-door-opened-and-in-stomped-a-giant-reeking-of-the-river/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“Because when I read, I don't really read; I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/because-when-i-read-i-don-t-really-read-i-pop-a-beautiful-sentence/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“I was in harmony with everything and I was saved, too, but lost in a way as well... but I think this will probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/i-was-in-harmony-with-everything-and-i-was-saved-too-but-lost-in-a/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [And so everything I see in this world, it all moves backward and forward at the same time, like a black-smith's bellows, like everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/and-so-everything-i-see-in-this-world-it-all-moves-backward-and/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with an ax...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/he-was-a-gentle-and-sensitive-soul-and-therefore-had-a-short-temper/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/writing-is-a-defence-against-boredom-but-it-s-also-a-cure-for/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“Most of all I enjoy central-heating control rooms, where men with higher education, chained to their jobs like dogs to their kennels, write the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/most-of-all-i-enjoy-central-heating-control-rooms-where-men-with/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“I cieli non sono umani e la vita sopra di me e sotto di me e dentro di me neppure.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/i-cieli-non-sono-umani-e-la-vita-sopra-di-me-e-sotto-di-me-e-dentro/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [“... whichever of my friends was and is sensitive, touchy even, had to choose... emigration... and I emigrated inwardly, here to the pub for example...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/whichever-of-my-friends-was-and-is-sensitive-touchy-even-had-to/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [ “\[...\] real poetry must hurt, as if you'd forgotten you wrapped a razor blade in your handkerchief and you blow your nose, no book… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/real-poetry-must-hurt-as-if-you-d-forgotten-you-wrapped-a-razor-blade/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [Today's Gypsies, who have lived in Prague for only two generations, light a ritual fire wherever they work, a nomads' fire crackling only for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/today-s-gypsies-who-have-lived-in-prague-for-only-two-generations/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

> [I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bohumil-hrabal/i-pop-a-beautiful-sentence-into-my-mouth-and-suck-it-like-a-fruit-drop/)

[Bohumil Hrabal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bohumil-hrabal/)

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