Author: Josef Skvorecky

Cites

• Anatole France (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Truth lies in the nuances.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Ezra Pound (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: What thou Lovest well remains, the rest is dross What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee What thou lov'st well is thy true heritage.
    FROM: "Lanto XXXI", (None), Poem, US
• Albert Camus (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Listen Tor, here's the real problem: whatever happens, I shall always defend you against the guns of the firing squad. You, on the other hand, must consent in my execution.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, France
• Viktor Dyk (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: On days when sadness came, I surrendered to laughter; Having surrendered, I became gloomy.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Czechia
• William Blake (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: To Generalize is to be an Idiot. To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit. General Knowledges are those Knowledges that Idiots possess.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, UK
• Aristophanes (1)
  • IN: The Engineer of Human Souls (1977) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: Come now let us consider the generations of Man, Compound of dust and clay, strengthless, Tentative, passing away as leaves in autumn Pass, shadows, wingless, forlorn, Phantoms deathbound, a dream.
    FROM: NULL, (None), NULL, Greece