When I saw them in Africa, I thought these birds were the greatest fliers of all. Hardly beating their wings, they fly for hours, swooping upwards on air currents with no sign of physical effort. But when they land, they pitch forward on their stubby legs without stopping. They skid along on their bellies, their necks straining to absorb the shock of the landing. Their beaks dig into the sand and they collide with anything in their path. Quite often they break their wings or beaks or spines and remain for the rest of their lives in the scrubby thickets not far from where they crash. The crippled birds sit there blind, paralyzed or in shock, and struggle slowly back and forth to their nests. Some hop on one leg, some drag their crippled wings behind them like broken umbrellas. I wonder whether they ever envy their brothers soaring in the air or if they're glad to be grounded and past their trial.
Jerzy KosińskiLiving is an arbitrary matter and I have every right to renounce it.
Jerzy KosińskiShe protected herself by making herself believe no-one else could ever really understand her.
Jerzy KosińskiThat's why she keeps her nails long, she says, to be able to scratch and claw.
Jerzy KosińskiWe know our lives are chaotic, but we insist that everything happen in an orderly way and be logically conceived.
Jerzy Kosińskiruined chimneys rose above masses of broken bricks
Jerzy KosińskiMy cynicism continuously undermines her faith in her own ability to master her moods.
Jerzy KosińskiHe had found the one calm place in the midst of the storm, a quiet voice calling him to earth.
Jerzy KosińskiThe native calls the baobab 'the devil tree' because he claims that the devil, getting tangled in its branches, punished by the tree by reversing it. To the native, the roots are branches now, and the branches are roots. To ensure that there would be no more baobabs, the devil destroyed all the young ones.
Jerzy KosińskiOf all mammals, only a human being can say 'no.
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