"You would like to read, but somehow the……" — Sándor Márai
"You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the letters are meaningless, and all you hear is the rain. You would like to play the piano, but the rain comes to sit alongside and play an accompaniment. And then the dry weather returns, which is to say there is steam and bright light. People age quickly."
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Sándor Márai
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13 Quotes by Sándor Márai
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