Prosper Mérimée: Elämäkerta Ja Teokset Kirjallisuushistorialliselta Kannalta

“I'll follow you, even to death”

— Kasimir Leino

“Carmen will always be free.””

— Kasimir Leino

“She lied, sir. She has always lied. I don't think she ever spoke a word of truth. But when she spoke, I believed her.””

— Kasimir Leino

“Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aimesi je t'aime, prends garde à toi!””

— Kasimir Leino

“She had a strange, wild beauty, a face that was disconcerting at first, but unforgettable. Her eyes in particular had an expression, at once voluptuous and fierce, that I have never seen on any human face. 'Gypsy's eye, wolf's eye' is a phrase Spaniards apply to people with keen powers of observation.””

— Kasimir Leino

“The dog and the wolf can't agree for long.””

— Kasimir Leino

“До того ж, я радий був дізнатися що ж воно таке - розбійник. Його не щодня зустрінеш, і є певний шарм у тому, щоби побути в товаристві небезпечного чоловіка, особливо коли відчуваєш, що приборкав його, що він до тебе лагіднийРозділ 1””

— Kasimir Leino

“Sir, a man may turn rogue in sheer thoughtlessness. You lose your head over a pretty girl, you fight another man about her, there is a catastrophe, you have to take to the mountains, and you turn from a smuggler into a robber before you have time to think about it.””

— Kasimir Leino

“The adjutant was a distant relative of Falcone. (It is a well-known fact that in Corsica degrees of kinship are traced much further back than is the case elsewhere.) His name was Tiodoro Gamba. He was a zealous man, much feared by the bandits, several of whom he had already tracked down.””

— Kasimir Leino