Con men and tricksters run the world. Rascals rule. And do you know why?
because they are hungier than we are. because they know what they want. because they believe in life more than we do.
Most lives vanish. A person dies, and little by little all traces of that life disappear. An inventor survives in his inventions, an architect survives in his buildings, but most people leave behind no monuments or lasting achievements: a shelf of photograph albums, a fifth-grade report card, a bowling trophy, an ashtray filched from a Florida hotel room on the final morning of some dimly remembered vacation. A few objects, a few documents, and a smattering of impressions made on other people. Those people invariably tell stories about the dead person, but more often than not dates are scrambled, facts are left out, and the truth becomes increasingly distorted, and when those people die in their turn, most of the stories vanish with them.
Paul AusterHere I am of the air, a beautiful thing for the light to shine on. Perhaps you will remember that. I am...
Paul AusterTag: city-of-glass auster peter-stillman
Eds atbildot kaut ko noņurd un piedāvā Bovenam apsēsties, negaidīti pieminēdams fragmentu no "Voldenas", kad ar žestu norāda uz vienīgo krēslu istabā. Toro teica, ka viņa mājā esot trīs krēsli, Eds ieminas. Viens vientulībai, otrs draudzībai un trešais sabiedrībai. Man ir tikai viens krēsls vientulībai. Ja vēl piemer klāt gultu, varbūt sanāk divi draudzībai.
Paul AusterTag: meta-quote
لا شيء يدوم , ولا حتى الأفكار التي في رأسك . وينبغي ألا تهدر وقتك في البحث عنها , فعندما تختفي , تكون تلك نهايتها .
Paul AusterTag: في-بلاد-الأشياء-ا
We all want to believe in impossible things, I suppose, to persuade ourselves that miracles can happen.
Paul AusterTag: miracle believe impossible persuade
As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think.
Paul AusterTag: philosophy
It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.
Paul AusterGuilt kept me going. It was impossible not to blame myself for what had happened, but even guilt was a comfort. It was a human feeling, a sign that I was still attached to the same world that other men lived in.
Paul AusterThe story is not in the words; it's in the struggle.
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