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✵ 5. Октябрь 1911 – 1. Апрель 1966
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Фланн О’Брайен: Цитаты на английском языке

“I saw that my witticism was unperceived and quietly replaced it in the treasury of my mind.”

Flann O'Brien книга At Swim-Two-Birds

Источник: "At Swim-Two-Birds" (1939)

“Your talk," I said, "is surely the handiwork of wisdom because not one word of it do I understand.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

Источник: The Third Policeman (1967)

“I am completely half afraid to think.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

Источник: The Third Policeman (1967)

“Hell goes round and round. In shape it is circular, and by nature it is interminable, repetitive, and nearly unbearable.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

Источник: The Third Policeman (1967)

“What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

Источник: The Third Policeman

“Descartes spent far too much time in bed subject to the persistent hallucination that he was thinking. You are not free from a similar disorder.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Dalkey Archive

"The Dalkey archive" (1964)
Источник: The Dalkey Archive

“Strange enlightenments are vouchsafed to those who seek the higher places.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

Источник: The Third Policeman (1967)

“When things go wrong and will not come right”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

The Third Policeman (1967)

“My father…was a man who understood all dogs thoroughly and treated them like human beings.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

The Third Policeman (1967)

“Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill.”

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The Hair of the Dogma (1977)

“"Who is Fox?", I asked.”

Flann O'Brien книга The Third Policeman

The Third Policeman (1967)