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“But like every kiss, this one is an answer, a clumsy but tender answer to a question that eludes the power of language.”
― Sándor Márai, Embers

“I have started to think that the great, decisive moments that broadly govern our lives are far less conscious at the time than they seem later when we are reminiscing and taking stock.”
― Sandor Marai, Esther's Inheritance

“Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories.”
― Sándor Márai, Embers

“The world spares only those who remain modest and humble - and even then only for an interval, no more.”
― Sándor Márai, Embers