Tobaccos

“So what kind of kitten has wandered in here?” I squinted and looked at the newcomer with an appraising glance. “Sphinx, are you sure we need him? This isn’t a shelter for lost souls.”

“Tabaki, don’t get so worked up,” Sphinx always knew how to calm my ardor. “The guy has potential.”

“Potential, you say?” I blew out a smoke ring. “But all I see is a scared puppy who doesn’t know where to hide. So what, are we going to babysit him now?”

"Love has eaten you. The first thing it eats is your brain." "...any object is times, events and people, compressed into a solid form." “So, out of the blue, sad people with intelligent eyes, about whom fables are told, do not appear in piranha families.” "What I like most about them (Indian fairy tales) is the laws of Karma. "He who has offended a donkey in this life will become a donkey in the next." Not to mention the cows. A very fair system. But the deeper you delve, the more interesting it becomes: who did you offend in your past life?" "What terrible words, on such a trivial occasion! Come to your senses, my dear!" "There is nothing more terrible than being conscientious" "The Lord's emotions are irreplaceable. They filled the space amazingly." "I take out my harmonica and play three waiting songs in a row. I don't like waiting, so waiting songs are the saddest of my songs." "I love rain more than anything. Spring, summer, autumn. Any kind, always." "It is the charity itself that is important, not its object." "Everyone needs communication and a shake-up, you can't stay in a complacent stupor all day long" "We must face the facts. Be able to bow to circumstances without losing our dignity." "Lovers and maniacs don't care, they are all the same and there is no point in arguing with them all" "I don't like being interrupted. It's impolite." "Let me finish my thought before you start objecting." "Your words, like your thoughts, are not worth remembering." "I prefer dialogue to monologue, but only if the other person is able to maintain a conversation." "Silence is golden, but only if it does not last too long." “I don’t tolerate empty talk, but I also don’t like it when those who have something to say remain silent.”