1 (2009)

László Sinkó: Swan Tamel

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• Swan Tamel : What the eyes sees, and what I see in the eye is identical.

• Swan Tamel : The exception weakens the rule and only where the boundary is rigid.

• Richard Lance : You like everyone but I... I don't. I don't even like you. I don't like any of you and you should bear that in mind.

  Swan Tamel : You'll remind me of that later anyway. And you could look after yourself better. Love is the measure of normality.

• Swan Tamel : Don't deceive yourself!

  Phil Pitch : Don't worry about me. I have cleared up bigger shit than this before.

  Swan Tamel : So you should be able to sense the difference. Everything is suspended from above and depends on what is beneath it. There are no exceptions.

• Swan Tamel : You should sleep. One gets tired without dreams.

  Phil Pitch : Then you still must dream a lot.

  Swan Tamel : Never enough. But... always something significant.

  Phil Pitch : I'm sorry but I have alarming news for you! You are now an official suspect. We have material evidence. I don't understand how you thought I wouldn't realise.

  Swan Tamel : I would never have guessed. But I was starting to worry after a week. Don't blame yourself! Often the most obvious is the least suspicious.

  Phil Pitch : Can I take that as a confession?

  Swan Tamel : Why should I deny what happened?

  Phil Pitch : Because it's punishable by law.

  Swan Tamel : The law? What I refer to as the law is vigilance!

  Phil Pitch : Why did you smuggle the book out?

  Swan Tamel : Because people need to confront themselves.

  Phil Pitch : They need to confront reality.

  Swan Tamel : It is sufficient for reality that it exists. Why do you want to defend it at all costs?

  Phil Pitch : It's my job. I'm just doing my job.

  Swan Tamel : And marvel gets in the way of your work?

  Phil Pitch : I'm the one asking questions here!

  Swan Tamel : Reality is a matter of subjectivity. You'll soon see!

  Phil Pitch : Tell me more about the Vatican!

  Swan Tamel : Two kinds of people live on the earth: the guilty who think they are genuine, and the genuine who know they are guilty.

  Phil Pitch : That's quite alright.

• Swan Tamel : Now you are afraid because you're on your own.

  Phil Pitch : It's difficult not to be afraid...

  Swan Tamel : Difficult? It's difficult like everything that is simple and natural.