Quotes by : Sándor Márai

She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write....

Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal.

My homeland,' says the guest, 'no longer exists. My homeland was Poland, Vienna, this house, the barracks....

There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.

It’s the moment when something happens not just deep among the trees but also in the dark interior....

Because it’s not true that suffering purifies people; that we become better, wiser, more understanding....

You only benefit from books if you can give something back to them. What I mean is, if you approach them....

There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another....

Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?

No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best....