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Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it. ”
I have often noticed that after I had bestowed on the characters of my novels some treasured item of my past, it would pine away in the artificial world where I had so abruptly placed it. ”
A novelist is, like all mortals, more fully at home on the surface of the present than in the ooze of the past. ”
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading. ”
I confess, I do not believe in time. ”
When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. ”
It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. ”
No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm. ”
You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this! ”
My future is in my past and my past is my present. I must now make the present my future. ”