Bohumil Hrabal Quotes

“It's interesting how young poets think of death while old fogies think of girls.”

Bohumil Hrabal

“I pop a beautiful sentence into my mouth and suck it like a fruit drop.”

Bohumil Hrabal

“I can be by myself because I'm never lonely; I'm simply alone, living in my heavily populated solitude, a harum-scarum of infinity and eternity, and Infinity and Eternity seem to take a liking to the likes of me.”

Bohumil Hrabal book Too Loud a Solitude

Source: Too Loud a Solitude

“No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out.”

Bohumil Hrabal book Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

Source: Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age

“He was a gentle and sensitive soul, and therefore had a short temper, which is why he went straight after everything with an ax…”

Bohumil Hrabal book I Served the King of England

Source: I Served the King of England

“I was always lucky in my bad luck.”

Bohumil Hrabal