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John IrvingJohn Irving nejznámější citáty
„Mnoho žen začne šílet, protože se nevyrovnají se ztrátou prvního muže, do kterého se zamilovaly.“
Zdroj: Dokud tě nenajdu Odeon 2006.
John Irving: Citáty o lidech
„Lidem, které miluješ se nemůžeš plést do věci o nic víc, než těm, které vůbec neznáš.“
Zdroj: Pravidla moštárny Odeon 2002.
John Irving citáty a výroky
Zdroj: Rok vdovou Euromedia Group 2000.
„Horace Walpole kdysi napsal: "Svět je komedie pro ty, kteří myslí, a tragédie pro ty, kteří cítí."“
Ale skutečný svět je tragický pro ty, kteří myslí i cítí. Komický je jenom pro ty, kteří mají štěstí.
John Irving: Citáty anglicky
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
“The only way you get Americans to notice anything is to tax them or draft them or kill them.”
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989)
“The more clearly one sees this world; the more one is obliged to pretend it does not exist.”
John Irving kniha A Son of the Circus
Zdroj: A Son of the Circus

“It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.”
John Irving kniha The Hotel New Hampshire
Zdroj: The Hotel New Hampshire
““People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.””
John Irving kniha The Cider House Rules
Varianta: People only ask questions when they're ready to hear the answers.
Zdroj: The Cider House Rules
“You’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”
John Irving kniha The Hotel New Hampshire
Zdroj: The Hotel New Hampshire, ch. 11
John Irving kniha The Cider House Rules
Zdroj: The Cider House Rules
John Irving kniha The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), ch. 6
“They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.”
John Irving kniha Svět podle Garpa
Zdroj: The World According to Garp
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
“Keep passing the open windows.”
John Irving kniha The Hotel New Hampshire
Zdroj: The Hotel New Hampshire
“We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.”
John Irving kniha Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
Zdroj: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
“Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.”
John Irving kniha The Cider House Rules
Zdroj: The Cider House Rules
“Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.”
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), ch. 9
“Imagining something is better than remembering something.”
John Irving kniha Svět podle Garpa
Zdroj: The World According to Garp]] (1978)
“A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy”
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
“In the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.”
John Irving kniha Svět podle Garpa
Zdroj: The World According to Garp, ch. 19
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving kniha The Cider House Rules
Zdroj: The Cider House Rules
John Irving kniha Until I Find You
Zdroj: Until I Find You
John Irving kniha The Hotel New Hampshire
Zdroj: The Hotel New Hampshire
John Irving kniha A Prayer for Owen Meany
Zdroj: A Prayer for Owen Meany
“…the consequences of sex are often more memorable than the act itself.”
John Irving kniha A Widow for One Year
Zdroj: A Widow for One Year
John Irving kniha The Cider House Rules
Zdroj: The Cider House Rules
