Quotes from Man in the Dark

“السيئون يعرفون أنفسهم على أنهم طيبون،لكن الطيبين لا يعرفون شيئا. إنهم يقضون حياتهم و هم يغفرون للآخرين،لكنهم لا يستطيعون أن يغفروا لأنفسهم.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“We have missed him in the sunshine, in the storm, in the twilight, ever since. ”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Betty died of a broken heart. Some people laugh when they hear that phrase, but that's because they don't know anything about the world. People die of broken hearts. It happens every day, and it will go on happening to the end of time.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Escaping into a film is not like escaping into a book. Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination, where as you can watch a film-and even enjoy it-in a state of mindless passivity.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“الكتب ترغمك على أن ترد مقابلاً ما لها،أن تدرب ذكاءك و مخيلتك،في حين تمكنك مشاهدة فيلم-بل التمتع به- في حالة من الغياب العقلي السلبي.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Just think it, and chances are it will happen.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“At that point, Noriko finally breaks down and begins to cry sobbing into her hands as the floodgates open - this young woman who has suffered in silence for so long, this good woman who refuse to believe she's good, for only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“For only the good doubt their own goodness, which is what makes them good in the first place. The bad know they are good, but the good know nothing. They spend their lives forgiving others, but they can't forgive themselves.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“كأن صميم ذاتها قد انصدع فاغراً”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“but back then, at thirty-five, thirty-eight, forty, I walked around with a feeling that my life had never truly belonged to me, that I had never truly inhabited myself, that i had never been real. And because I wasn't real, I didn't understand the effect I had on others, the damage I could cause, the hurt I could inflict on the people who loved me.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Books force you to give something back to them, to exercise your intelligence and imagination.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Peace on earth, good will toward men. Piss on earth, good will toward none.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Sáng trưng, rồi bóng tối. Nắng dội xuống từ mọi ngả trời, sau đó là đêm đen, những vì sao im lặng, gió xao động lá cành. Lệ thường là vậy.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Đồ vật, những vật vô tri, có thể diễn đạt tình cảm của con người.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Desde então, sob o sol radioso, sob a tempestade, ao crepúsculo, sentimos amargamente a sua falta”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

“Et ce monde étrange continue de tourner.”
― Paul Auster, quote from Man in the Dark

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