우울할때 펴보면 어떤 페이지건 행복해질듯한 사진들이 가득하다.아쉬운 점은...세계 곳곳이 담겨 졌는데,내가 머무는 이곳은 없고, 평양 사진 뿐이다.봄날 햇살 같은 느낌의 책이다!사진은 《카사 데 세할베스, 포르투칼》p.242
....삶에는 기묘한 방향 전환이 있는 법이오.. - P154
".....권력은 사람들이 권력이 있다고 믿는 곳에 있습니다. 그 이상도 이하도 아니에요." - P162
‘영웅 같은 건 없어!‘ 그리고 바로 이 알현실에서 피터 공이했던 말을 떠올렸다. "인생은 노래가 아니란다. 사랑스러운 아가씨. 언젠가 슬픈 방식으로 배울지도 모르지." ‘실제 삶에서는 괴물들이 이겨.‘ - P467
Hobson‘s choice
"Who‘s Hobson?" Fiona asked. "What washis choice?"Klaus smiled. "Thomas Hobson lived inBritain in the seventeenth century," he said."He was in charge of a stable, and according tolegend, he always told his customers they had achoice: they could take the horse closest to thedoor, or no horse at all.""That‘s not really a choice," Fiona said.Violet smiled. "Precisely," she said. "A Hob-son‘s choice is something that‘s not a choice atall. It‘s an expression our mother used to use.She‘d say, I‘ll give you a Hobson‘s choice, Vio-let-you can clean your room or I will stand inthe doorway and sing your least favorite songover and over.‘ - P146
"I was remembering something Iread in a book by a famous philosopher. He said,‘Whoever fights monsters should see to it thatin the process he does not become a monster.And when you look long into an abyss, the abyssalso looks into you.‘" - P273