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" They had sat here, in this very room, their knees almost touching, and there had been a sense of almost breathless discovery, and while they had not become lovers everything was laid out, like a feast, and they were merely arranging the table decorations and putting out the place names, the final little touches, so that when the feast began it would have been a splendid thing, not only satisfying to the baser appetites but to the higher senses. "
― Peter Carey , Bliss
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" Притча за пеперудата:
Бях в Богота и чаках да дойде една моя приятелка. Бях влюбен, беше преди много-много години. Чаках цели три дни. Бях гладен, но не смеех да изляза за храна, да не би тя да дойде, а мен да ме няма. И тогава, на третия ден, се почука.
Спуснах се по стария коридор, но вън, на слънчевата улица, нямаше никой.
- Само - каза Винс Джой - една пеперуда отлиташе. "
― Peter Carey , Bliss