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Bohumil Hrabal Quotes

Bohumil Hrabal was a Czech writer, regarded by many Czechs as one of the best writers of the 20th century.

✵ 28. March 1914 – 3. February 1997
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Works

Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age
Too Loud a Solitude
Too Loud a Solitude
Bohumil Hrabal
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Famous Bohumil Hrabal Quotes

“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

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