Budapest Quote by Antal Szerb

“Tell me,' he asked, with some embarassment, as we strolled along: 'you're a bloody German, aren't you?' 'Oh, no. I'm Hungarian.' 'Hungarian?' 'Hungarian.' 'What's…

— Antal Szerb

The sense of impending disaster hung over the garden like a chandelier.

— Antal Szerb

“For love, there has to be a distance across which lovers can approach one another. The approach is of course just an illusion, because…

— Antal Szerb

“as long as we keep moving, we don’t notice how tired we are, but only when we sit down.”

— Antal Szerb

And while there is life there is always the chance that something might happen...

— Antal Szerb

“Everyone has to find his own way to die.”

— Antal Szerb

“Here we have Diogenes, His Highness’ favourite canary. Things are starting to take shape.”

— Antal Szerb

“Because, my dear, in the spiritual life opposites meet. It's not the cold passionless ones who become great ascetics, but the most hot-blooded, people…

— Antal Szerb

“You start off as Mr X, who happens to be an engineer, and sooner or later you're just an engineer who happens to be…

— Antal Szerb

“I really detest those people who like to draw practical conclusions from scholarly truths, who 'apply learning to real life', like engineers who turn…

— Antal Szerb

Love preserves one moment for ever, the moment of its birth. The beloved never ages.

— Antal Szerb

“And he knew he would not be travelling home. If he had to wear a donkey jacket and wait for fifty years, then he…

— Antal Szerb