Eszter Kissová

“I think having a fight, an out and out outrageous, ridiculous fight is one of the greatest exercises in marital togetherness.”

“It is not true that I like animals more than people. But they come a very close second. There is no bullsh*t about them.”

“I am glad that in my life I have never cut short my emotions. The most awful thing of all is to be numb.”

“Wherever the trout are, it's beautiful.”

“Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.”

“Multi-culture is the real culture of the world – the pure race doesn’t exist.”

“The face of the dead man was concealed, of course, our customs not being those of the south, where corpses are carried to the grave in open coffins, that they might – one last time before slipping into the pit – be warmed by the light of the sun.”

“The two men were greedily hunched over the table, like two wolves disputing a carcass, but their muttered speech in the echoing hall resembled more the grunting of pigs. One was less than a wolf: he was a public prosecutor. The other was more than a pig, he was a chief commissioner of police.”

“I know that no reader ever asks a question. A writer must force his favors upon his readers.”

“No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We’ve got too many dexterous drudges as it is.”

“At least when one speaks of oneself one is passionate, well-informed and specific.”

“I hear there are people who actually enjoy moving. Sounds like a disease to me - they must be unstable. Though it does have it’s poetry, I’ll allow that. When an old dwelling starts looking desolate, a mixture of regret and anxiety comes over us and we feel like we are leaving a safe harbor for the rolling sea. As for the new place, it looks on us with alien eyes, it has nothing to say to us, it is cold.”

“What a man notices first about a woman is whether she notices him.”

“I am at heart a gentleman.”

“Without tenderness, a man is uninteresting.”

“Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.”

“Duties are what make life most worth living. Lacking them, you are not necessary to anyone.”

“Love for the joy of loving, and not for the offerings of someone else's heart.”

“I do not think that we have a “right” to happiness. If happiness happens, say thanks.”