"I cannot believe that there are passions that smolder in the soul for a lifetime, with suffocated flame and smoke, like those underworld fires, like mine fires... Maybe there is this too; but I think life puts out such fires. Perhaps some passion is stronger than life, reason, time. Are you scorching everything, burning everything?
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Márai SándorAll Translations
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I cannot believe that there are passions that smolder in the soul for a lifetime, with suffocated flame and smoke, like those underworld fires, like mine fires... Maybe there is this too; but I think life puts out such fires. Perhaps some passion is stronger than life, reason, time. Are you scorching everything, burning everything?
""Nem bírom elhinni, hogy vannak szenvedélyek, melyek egy életen át füstölögnek a lélekben, fojtott lánggal és füsttel, mint azok az alvilági égések, mint a bányatűz... Lehet, hogy van ez is; de én azt hiszem, az élet kioltja az ilyen tüzeket. Talán erősebb egy-egy szenvedély, mint az élet, az értelem, az idő. Mindent megperzsel, mindent eléget?"