8 Quotes by Leo Perutz

«E crede che la vecchia Russia, la Russia che lei ama, potrà ritornare?».«Forse. Chi sa» disse il conte Gagarin, e la sua voce suonò a un tratto stanca e triste. «Tra fuoco e dolore va la Russia per la sua strada. Dove essa porti, non ci è dato sapere».

But, when you’ve swallowed what’s stuck in your throat, tell me who’s the first to notice the rain in this part of the world.

For it’s human nature even in the direst extremity to see a spark of hope and blow it into flames.

For my most gracious master still called me redhead, though my hair was already churchyard-coloured.

What do any of us really know about others? Each of us has his own Day of Judgement inside himself.

Busy thyself with the secrets of wisdom and knowledge, thus thou shalt overcome the fear of the morrow in thee.

And they say he’s so rich that he spreads sugar on his honey.

Look, doctor, China, the country without religion. The Chinese have no religious ideas, only a kind of philosophy. In the Middle Kingdom no grain has been cultivated for thousands of years. Only rice.