#grey bees

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (orig. Серые пчелы, 2018)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onJul 15, 2024

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If ever you lose the rhythm of life, it can take days, even weeks for it to knock you back into your usual routine.

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

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When it comes to family, who knows which is more important: love or tolerance?

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

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Eyes, of course, can be deceived by darkness, instead of seeing everything clearly, they may fill in what they haven’t quite caught. But people are used to believing their own eyes, even if they are half-blind, even if what lies before them is obscured by nature or by smoke.

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

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Memories really do sweeten life, even when you haven’t got any sugar.

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

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Time plays a role when there’s someone to keep track of it, to depend on it. And if no-one like that remains, then time, too, stops and disappears.

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

[smokefalls]

Fear is an invisible thing, subtle and variable, like a virus or bacterium. It can be inhaled with a breath of air, or accidentally imbibed with a sip of water or vodka, or come in through your ears—and you can certainly catch it with your eyes, so badly that its image will remain in your pupils even after the fear itself has disappeared.

Andrey Kurkov, Grey Bees (translated by Boris Dralyuk)

[lacksofpaint]