Vera Mutafchieva > Quotes

“But the border was imperceptible. There was something insidious about that - if you ask me, all fateful boundaries in a person’s are just as insidiously imperceptible. You are on this side until a certain point, and then a short while later you come to your senses - already beyond it. The irreparable has occurred, yet you weren’t able to grasp the moment it happened.”
― Vera Mutafchieva

“When a man has a healthy self-respect, the one thing that truly flatters him is a worthy opponent.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“For this reason, I had adopted a certain type of behavior, which, I would argue, has been the fate of every ruler from the creation of the world down to the present day: I trusted only myself.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“In love a person always fools himself, insistently, with no regard for the truth--and I don't mean just its hints, but its frank confessions. And this is likely the most beautiful thing about love: it allows you to fully forget the truth.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“Well, don't look for much logic in history--it's made by people, after all.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“Why do we fear early death, my friends? Don't we kill ourselves much more completely by living?”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem

“The poet has more power than the king because he governs not human life, but human consciousness.”
― Vera Mutafchieva, The Case of Cem