728 Quotes by Paul Auster

I tend to think that everything counts. In the end, each life is no more than the sum of contingent facts, a chronicle of chance intersections, of flukes, of random events that divulge nothing but their own lack of purpose.

I want to talk about happiness and well being, about those rare, unexpected moments when the voice in your head goes silent and you feel at one with the world.

Jeder hat Freundlichkeit verdient, sagte ich. Egal wer.

Öyküler ancak onları anlatabilecek olanların başından geçer demişti biri bir gün: Aynı şekilde belki yaşantılar da onları yaşayabilecek olanlara sunarlar kendilerini.

Eds atbildot kaut ko noņurd un piedāvā Bovenam apsēsties, negaidīti pieminēdams fragmentu no "Voldenas", kad ar žestu norāda uz vienīgo krēslu istabā. Toro teica, ka viņa mājā esot trīs krēsli, Eds ieminas. Viens vientulībai, otrs draudzībai un trešais sabiedrībai. Man ir tikai viens krēsls vientulībai. Ja vēl piemer klāt gultu, varbūt sanāk divi draudzībai.

Cada hombre es distinto de todos los demás, y cuando ocurren cosas horribles, cada cual reacciona a su manera.

By and large, Willy tried to be a good son. At those rare moments when he was able to stop thinking about himself, he even made a conscious effort to be nice to her [his mum]. If they had their differences, they were less a result of personal animosity than of starkly opposing world views.

ستانلي لا يضيّع وقته. الكسل يولّد الفكر، والأفكار يمكن أن تكون خطرة، وهذا شيء يفهمه على الفور كل منْ يعيش وحده؟

We are all aliens to ourselves.