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„Isten. »Ő táplálja a kismadarakat« – de azután hagyja, hogy télen éhen dögöljenek.”

Jules Renard (1864–1910)

„A fecske a szél legkedvesebb játékszere.
Ha biztosan akarod tudni, hogy kötelességedet teljesítetted, csináld mindig azt, ami a legkellemetlenebb.
Jó az Isten. Nem engedi, hogy megnyíljon alattam a föld, amikor nyelvtani hibát csinálok.
Egyedül a fák ismerhetik a víz titkát.
A madár nem azért száll a rózsabokorra, mert rózsákkal van tele, ─ levéltetveket keres
A temetőket gondozzák, a halottakkal nem törődnek.
A csend istennője a Hold.
Amikor a vízre hó hull: csendre csend esik.
Az irónia a boldogság egyik eleme.
Légy szerény! Bár ez is a gőg egy fajtája, de kevésbé visszatetsző.
Közlik velem, hogy X rosszat beszél rólam. Csodálkozom. Tudtommal soha jót nem cselekedtem vele.
Igazán szabad szellem az, aki képes visszautasítani egy meghívást, anélkül, hogy megindokolná.
Leányainknak megtiltjuk bizonyos könyvek olvasását ─ de ha kedvük tartja, elmehetnek délután az állatkertbe a majomketrec elé, nézni a majmok játékát.
Az irodalom olyan mesterség, ahol szüntelenül bizonyítanod kell tehetségedet, olyan embereknek, akiknek nincs tehetségük.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

„Isten nem hisz a mi Istenünkben.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

„Van Isten, hogyne, de nem ért a mesterségéhez.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

„Amit nem kaphatunk meg, azt örökké szeretjük.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

Citátum

„A humor az elme mindennapos tisztálkodása.”

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„A barátság férfi és nő között azoknak a házassága, akik nem hálhatnak egymással.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

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„A pesszimista: a nap csak arra való, hogy kiköltse azokat a legyeket, amelyek véremet szívják.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

„Ha félsz a magánytól, ne írd meg az igazat.”

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Jules Renard (1864–1910)

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„A szerelem megsemmisíti az észt. Az agy és a szív olyan, mint a homokóra két edénye: amikor az egyik megtelik, a másik kiürül.”

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“I thought of your hand-grenades, of your bayonet, of your rifle; now I see your wife and your face and our fellowship. Forgive me, comrade. We always see it too late. Why do they never tell us that you are poor devils like us, that your mothers are just as anxious as ours, and that we have the same fear of death, and the same dying and the same agony — Forgive me, comrade; how could you be my enemy?”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul to the corpse of a French man he has just killed, Ch. 9
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

“A hospital alone shows what war is.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul after seeing the horrific state of wounded soldiers in a hospital near the front, Ch. 10
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

“This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

Epigraph
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

“Tjaden reappears. He is still quite excited and again joins the conversation, wondering just how a war gets started. 'Mostly by one country badly offending another,' answers Albert with a slight air of superiority. Then Tjaden pretends to be obtuse. 'A country? I don't follow. A mountain in Germany cannot offend a mountain in France. Or a river, or a wood, or a field of wheat.' 'Are you really as stupid as that, or are you just pulling my leg?' growls Kropp. 'I don't mean that at all. One people offends the other—' 'Then I haven't any business here at all,' replies Tjaden, 'I don't feel myself offended.' 'Well, let me tell you,' says Albert sourly,' it doesn't apply to tramps like you.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

'Then I can be going home right away,' retorts Tjaden, and we all laugh.
Source: All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), Ch. 9

“We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers — we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

Source: All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), Ch. 4

“No, we are not related. No, we are not related. Do I walk? Have I feet still? I raise my eyes, I let them move round, and turn myself with them, one circle, one circle, and I stand in the midst. All is usual. Only the Militiaman Stanislaus Katczinsky has died. Then I know nothing more.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

“A word of command has made these silent figures our enemies; a word of command might transform them into our friends.”

Erich Maria Remarque book All Quiet on the Western Front

Paul after visiting Russian prisoners, Ch. 8
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)

“Someone said to me once that a cigarette at the right moment is better than all the ideals in the world.”

Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) German novelist

Source: Flotsam

“I've not much interest in the important things of life. Only in the beautiful things. Just this lilac here makes me happy.”

Erich Maria Remarque book Three Comrades

Source: Three Comrades

“It's not much. You begin by thinking there is something extraordinary about it. But you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is.”

Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) German novelist

Source: Flotsam