Quotes by Sándor Márai, Embers

Explore a curated collection of 13 quotes by Sándor Márai, Embers. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the int — Sándor Márai, Embers
She said she never wanted to have secrets from me nor from herself, which is why she wanted to write down everything tha — Sándor Márai, Embers
Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship? — Sándor Márai, Embers
It’s the moment when something happens not just deep among the trees but also in the dark interior of the human heart, f — Sándor Márai, Embers
I am thinking that people find truth and collect experiences in vain, for they cannot change their fundamental natures. — Sándor Márai, Embers
Every exercise of power incorporates a faint, almost imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is — Sándor Márai, Embers
You would like to read, but somehow the rain gets into the book, too; not literally, and yet it really does, the letters — Sándor Márai, Embers
Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal. — Sándor Márai, Embers
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and we invite — Sándor Márai, Embers
My homeland,' says the guest, 'no longer exists. My homeland was Poland, Vienna, this house, the barracks in the city, G — Sándor Márai, Embers
There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face of — Sándor Márai, Embers
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no — Sándor Márai, Embers
There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect. — Sándor Márai, Embers