Robertson Davies

Цитаты из произведения Tempest-Tost

Всего 33

dashkevich

1 июля 2014 г., 20:30

Пожаловаться

Anything free has an irresistible fascination.

dashkevich

1 июля 2014 г., 20:29

Пожаловаться

Nothing changes fashion so quickly as Theology.

dashkevich

25 июня 2014 г., 18:49

Пожаловаться

Well, well; it is our hobbies that keep us young.

dashkevich

25 июня 2014 г., 18:45

Пожаловаться

There are some decisions which cannot be made on a basis of reason.

majj-s

24 июня 2017 г., 11:37

Пожаловаться

Everybody has their own kind of snobbery. I suspect you of being an intellectual snob.

Williwaw

8 октября 2014 г., 19:34

Пожаловаться

"I object very much to being called a cute kid," she replied. "If it is God's will that I should be pretty, I'll be pretty; if I am to be plain, I shall be plain without complaint. But come what will, I shall never be vulgar. Only vulgar people are cute kids."

Williwaw

8 октября 2014 г., 19:34

Пожаловаться

"What?" "Oh, don't be alarmed. I don't want to marry you, or tag around after you, or monopolize you. I just mean that I love you. You're a wonderful person and so much like a woman. That sounds silly, of course, but you know what I mean. So many women, even the young and pretty ones, aren't like women at all. They…

Развернуть

Williwaw

8 октября 2014 г., 19:33

Пожаловаться

I never pay any attention to criticism. Most critics of anything are frauds. Worse, most of them are bachelors or spinsters. Their opinions of what other people create are firmly hitched to their own sexual cycle.

Williwaw

8 октября 2014 г., 19:33

Пожаловаться

She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be stilled save by the frequent and plentiful acquisition of books. This passion is more common, and more powerful, than most people suppose. Book lovers are thought by unbookish people to be gentle and unworldly, and…

Развернуть