Book: Three comrades

In life, only a fool wins. And the clever everywhere seems to be only obstacles, and, not having time to start something, he has already lost confidence in himself.

She was afraid of the last hour before dawn. She was sure that the secret flow of life was becoming weaker and almost fading away at this last hour of the night. And only this hour she was afraid and did not want to be alone. At other times, she was so brave that I asked my teeth more than once when I looked at her.

- If it were not for tuberculosis, there would be a real paradise. Snow and sun.

- Failure, Otto. Something we've had a hell of a lot of setbacks lately.
- I've taught myself to think no more than is strictly necessary. That's enough.

Bloody hell! Let all this be a thousand times only a respite, not a harbor, let it be a thousand times incredible. But that's why happiness was again and again so stunning, incomprehensible, thregisting over the edge...

I didn’t let her go for a long time, feeling the warmth of her skin and the light scent of her hair. I did not let her go, and there was nothing in the world but her, the darkness receded, she was here, she lived, she breathed, and nothing was lost.

How wonderful it is to come home and find you, every time it is a surprise to me. When I go up the last steps and open the door, my heart always beats: what if it’s not true.

- Yes, as far as one living creature can belong to another.

The doctor is one of the few people who know why they live.

The calmer you are, the better you can help others.

- Of course! More than enough! I want to finally be unreasonable! Let's be unreasonable, Robbie! We will not think about anything, nothing at all, only about us, and about the sun, and about vacations, and about the sea!

You cannot talk about money with despicable things. Many women even fall in love over money. And love makes many men greedy. Thus, money stimulates ideals, while love, on the other hand, is materialism.

Her bathrobe hung from the chair, her dress and underwear on top; there were shoes on the floor by the chair. One of them overturned. I was looking at these things, and I was overcome with a strange feeling of something native, and I thought that now I have it and that once I take a few steps, I will see her and be with her today, tomorrow, and maybe for a long, long time ...

You may be right. Maybe none of us know how to love. That is, as they loved before. But it's no worse for us. You and I are different, somehow easier.