Ivan Klíma Quotes

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Most people can't imagine a life that is any different from the one they are actually living. They can dream about it, they can even go into the streets and demonstrate for it, but they still can't imagine what it would be like.

Ivan Klíma

The world is like an enormous set of scales. When evil begins to outweigh good, angels cram themselves in on the lighter side. You can't see them, but there they are, restoring the balance.

Ivan Klíma

A picture was a motionless record of motion. An arrested representation of life. A picture was the kiss of death pretending to possess immutability.

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Justice was revenge wrapping itself in a cloak of high principle.

Ivan Klíma

Animals have one thing that puts them way ahead of people: they don't dissemble, and you don't have to pretend in front of them.

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Fear is the touch of death, death reminding us of its existence.

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