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„Лютер считал, что хорошо знал ее, но теперь обнаружил, что не знал почти совсем,
— словно он вошел по колено в спокойный пруд и обнаружил там неизмеримые глубины, кишащие жизнью.“

„Дом - это там, где есть сосиски.“

„В зеркале он выглядел потасканным распутником, вынырнувшим на поверхность после недели бесстыдного погружения в бездну самых грязных пороков.“

„Волки не убивают волков. Гадюки не кусают гадюк. И только в человеческом обществе брат должен остерегаться брата.“

„Писатель — это то, что он пишет, и он становится тем, о ком пишет. Именно поэтому я избегаю писать книги, в которых зло побеждает добро.“

„Владимир Набоков как-то сказал, что злыми гениями XX столетия были Карл Маркс и Зигмунд Фрейд. Он был абсолютно прав.“

“"Fear is a hammer, and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread, they will be led where they need to go."
"Which is where?"
"To a responsible future in a properly managed world."”

“He considered himself to be a thoroughly useless man, taking up space in a world to which he contributed nothing — but he did have a talent for baking… The gas oven might blow up in his face, at last bringing him peace, but if it didn't, he would at least have cookies for Agnes.”

“He's a hollow man. He believes in anything. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.”

“Dr. Bob managed so successfully to turn the answer to every question into a mini-lecture on self-esteem and positive thinking, that Ethan wanted Hazard to arrest him on charges of Felony Cliché and Practicing Philosophy Without An Idea.”

“It's so damn hard to bloom… to change. Even when you want to change, want it more than anything in the world, it's hard. Desire to change isn't enough. Or desperation. Couldn't be done without… love.”

“She said, "Love isn't enough. Your parents have to know how to relate to you, and to each other. They have to want to be with you more than with anyone else. They have to love being home more than anywhere in the world, and they have to be more interested in you than in…"
"Snakes and tornadoes," I suggested.
"God, I love them. They're nice, Jimmy, they really are, and they mean well. But they live inside themselves more than not, and they keep their doors closed. You see them mostly through windows."”