She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything that otherwise would be hard to talk about. As I said, later I understood that someone who flees… — 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 Image
There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them. — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.” — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
