"...позволь мне сказать две вещи. Первая касается интеллектуалов,...

"... let me say two things. The first concerns intellectuals, rotten intellectuals, smart people, eggheads ... The simplest thing is to mock them ... Yeah, that’s damn easy and simple. Most often they don’t have fists they’re good, and they don’t like it - to fight ... The fight excites them no more than the clatter of pavers, the clink of medals and big black cars, so ... It's enough to take away their book, guitar, pencil or camera, and here they are these idiots are no longer fit for anything ... By the way, dictators most often do just that: they break up Ki, burn books and forbid concerts - it doesn’t cost them anything, moreover - it helps to avoid problems in the future ... But you know what ... If to be an “intellectual” means to love to learn, show curiosity and attention, admire the world, tremble from excitement, trying to understand how everything works, and going to bed in the evening, to feel a little lesser moron than the day before ... "

© Anna Gavalda