Jaka Tomc > Quotes

“We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent’s future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what’s the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“Life takes place on so many different levels it is impossible to imagine them all. There are seven billion people on earth. That’s seven billion different views of the world, seven billion truths, seven billion autonomous thoughts.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“War makes you numb. So does intensive contemplation about life, or past relationships. You become a fucking surgeon, seeing only the body that needs to be repaired, patched up or improved. Absolutely desensitized, and unable to humanly respond to the stimuli life throws at you.”
― Jaka Tomc, You Only Die Once: A Short Story

“Pri 14 letih sem izdal prvo knjigo, s 16 leti sem bil v LA Timesu proglašen za najbolj obetavnega mladega pisatelja v državi. Preden sem dopolnil 18 let, sem bil odvisen od pomirjeval in večino časa pijan. Življenje pisatelja prinaša določene posledice.”
― Jaka Tomc, Začetek konca

“How the hell can it end happily? Raise your hand if you survived your own death because you had a trick up your sleeve when the Grim Reaper showed up at your doorstep. The end is known and unavoidable. Life is a fucking tragedy, which no one survives. That's how it is. Mankind cannot escape the inevitable, and Earth cannot avert its pending demise. The sun, the universe and everything that exists will not survive. It will all come to an end one day. That is the only unquestionable truth.”
― Jaka Tomc, You Only Die Once: A Short Story

“Life is not a fairy tale. One moment you are here, the next you are gazing into the eternal abyss. And that is all that there is to it.”
― Jaka Tomc, You Only Die Once: A Short Story

“Nikoli nisem razumel ljudi, ki zjutraj vstanejo, pojedo zajtrk, si umijejo zobe in se odpravijo v službo. Usedejo se za računalnik in si ob tipkovnico postavijo skodelico sveže skuhane kave. Čvekajo s sodelavci, surfajo po internetu in si pošiljajo kratke filmčke prek maila. In vsi, prav vsi dajejo vtis, da delajo nekaj strašno pomembnega. Med kratkimi odmori se dobivajo v kadilnicah ali pred vhodom na cigaretih, kjer razpravljajo o tem kakšne gume si je privoščil šef na
svojem novem audiju in kdo se kurba s kom. Popoldne ugasnejo računalnik, pred vhodom pokadijo še kako
cigareto, se usedejo v avtomobil in se odpeljejo domov. Pojejo večerjo, spijejo pivo, pogledajo nadaljevanko, če je dober dan, nategnejo ženo in gredo spat. In tako dan za dnem. Rutina me je vedno ubijala, zato sem se trudil, da bi živel čim bolj pestro, nekonvencionalno življenje. Nikoli se nisem videl v vrstni hiši z zeleno trato in belo ograjo, ženo, psom in dvema otrokoma. Takšno življenje se mi je zdelo preveč pusto. Življenje je prekratko. Živi hitro, umri mlad.”
― Jaka Tomc, Začetek konca

“Life happens in a place where nobody is physically present. In our minds and our hearts.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“Najprej začneš videti več. Potem slišiš več. In nazadnje čutiš več. Veš vse o vsem in vse ti je popolnoma jasno. Vidiš povezanost vsega in jo občutiš. Veš, da si eno z vesoljem.”
― Jaka Tomc, Manični poet

“No. Life is not a fairy-tale. There are no happy endings. That is just some bullshit that the movie industry tries to sell us. An illusion of reality. All stories end in tears. I would like to crack open the skull of the jackass who said that every new beginning is disguised as a painful ending, and eat his fucking pea-sized brain.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“Življenje je zmožno odigrati simultanko s sedmimi milijardami ljudmi in presenetiti prav vsakega izmed nas. Mi pa še vedno mislimo, da smo zmožni zmagati, ker lahko predvidimo tri ali štiri poteze. Tako prekleto nepomembni smo.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 utripov srca

“The world is neither beautiful nor fair. If God exists, he is either deranged or he has a terrible sense of humor.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“The world is neither beautiful nor fair. If God exists, he is either deranged or he has a terrible sense of humor. Sara gave purpose”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

“A thought has no boundaries. A hundred kilometers or a hundred billion, five minutes or five million years. With a thought, you can instantly be anywhere and
any time.”
― Jaka Tomc, Androidi čutijo v barvah

“Life is fragile. You are here today and gone tomorrow. When days pass, you are merely a memory, rotting in a cemetery. That's how it is.”
― Jaka Tomc, You Only Die Once: A Short Story

“Ko te bo v trenutku samozadostnosti položil v posteljo mikroskopsko majhen virus, se spomni na to, kako šibak člen verige pravzaprav si.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 utripov srca

“Facebook je, kot da bi hodil po labirintu in imel v žepu kvizka. Ko se izgubiš, enostavno klikneš gumb in že si nazaj v realnosti. Kot da se ni nič zgodilo.”
― Jaka Tomc, 720 utripov srca

“My end is mine, and it is my right to choose it myself.”
― Jaka Tomc, You Only Die Once: A Short Story