“My head ached. I was thinking of the pain, and wondering how it was possible for physical agony to be so intense. I had never imagined that such a torture could be endured. Yet here was I, both conscious and able to think clearly. And not only to think, but to observe the process and make calculations about it. The steel circle round my skull was closing in with faint cracking noises. How much farther could it shrink? I counted the cracking sounds. Since I took the triple dose of pain-killer, there had been two more. …I took out my watch and laid it on the table.“Give me morphia,” I said in a calm, hostile, icy tone.“You mustn’t take morphia! You know perfectly well. The very idea! And what are you doing with that watch?”“You will give me morphia within three minutes.”They looked me uneasily up and down. No one moved. Three minutes went by. Then ten more. I slipped the watch calmly into my pocket and rose unsteadily to my feet.“Then take me to the Fiakker Bar. They say it’s a good show, and to-night I want to enjoy myself.”The others jumped up with a feeling of relief.I never confessed the secret to anyone, either then or afterwards. I had made up my mind at the end of those three minutes”
Quotes by Frigyes Karinthy
“Humor is the whole truth.””
“Ha egyedül vagyok egy szobában, akkor ember vagyok. Ha bejön egy nő, akkor férfi lettem. És annyira vagyok férfi, amennyire nő az, aki bejött a szobába.””
“Now we live in fairyland. The only lightly disappointing thing about this land is that it is smaller than the real world has ever been.””
Frigyes KarinthyFrigyes Karinthy was a prominent Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator, celebrated for his innovative contributions to literature and his sharp social commentary. He gained re...