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“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Yes, such has been my lot since childhood. Everyone read signs of non-existent evil traits in my features. But since they were expected to be there, they did make their appearance. Because I was reserved, they said I was sly, so I grew reticent. I was keenly aware of good and evil, but instead of being indulged I was insulted and so I became spiteful. I was sulky while other children were merry and talkative, but though I felt superior to them I was considered inferior. So I grew envious. I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate. My cheerless youth passed in conflict with myself and society, and fearing ridicule I buried my finest feelings deep in my heart, and there they died. I spoke the truth, but nobody believed me, so I began to practice duplicity. Having come to know society and its mainsprings, I became versed in the art of living and saw how others were happy without that proficiency, enjoying for free the favors I had so painfully striven for. It was then that despair was born in my heart--not the despair that is cured with a pistol, but a cold, impotent desperation, concealed under a polite exterior and a good-natured smile. I became a moral cripple; I had lost one half of my soul, for it had shriveled, dried up and died, and I had cut it off and cast it away, while the other half stirred and lived, adapted to serve every comer. No one noticed this, because no one suspected there had been another half. Now, however, you have awakened memories of it in me, and what I have just done is to read its epitaph to you. Many regard all epitaphs as ridiculous, but I do not, particularly when I remember what rests beneath them.”
― Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time

“Uvijek imaš izbora. Kažeš da ga nemaš, ali to samo znači da si izabrao da te sudbina gazi. Tako se ne moraš osjećati odgovornim ni za što.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

“Svima je bilo jasno da nakon toga više ništa neće biti isto. Bijes se počeo prelijevati s čovjeka na čovjeka i više nije bilo bitno tko je uključen, a tko nije. Svi su. Zlo je neobičan stvor, puno razmišljam o tome. Kad se skriva, ne možeš dokazati da postoji. Kada izađe na vidjelo, dobiva vlastitu gravitaciju. Nešto je pokrenuto davno prije nas i mi to šutke kočimo, kočimo čitavih života. Znamo da tako valja, pa učimo i djecu da nastave kočiti nakon nas. Ali se i trošimo jer nam mir nije prirodno stanje. Jesi sjetila nekad ono čudno olakšanje kada dođe do provale nasilja? Jesi? Mislim da unam što je to. Tada dobijemo dopuštenje da malo prestanemo kočiti. Možda povjerujemo i da će se nasiljem pročistiti nešto. I tada se prelije.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

“Nestale mi slike, nestali mirisi i dodiri i zvukovi. Ovo što govorim nisu sjećanja, to su prazne riječi, od njih je otpalo sve živo i stvarno. Prokleta je ova daljina, što mi je učinila da tako zaboravim.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

“Nećeš prestati padati kad zaslužiš, nego kad odlučiš. Ako još uvijek vjeruješ u ono prvo, žalim te. Padat ćeš zauvijek i zamjerati svima oko sebe, kao što zamjeraš meni. Sanjaš da padaš jer čekaš što će biti, hoće li itko shvatiti što ti je dužan samo zato što ti padaš. Prestaješ padati kad odučiš. Preuzmi odgovornost za svoj život. Prihvati da imaš izbora.”
― Kristian Novak, Ciganin, ali najljepši

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I have an apple that thinks its a pear. And a bun that thinks it’s a cat. And a lettuce that thinks its a lettuce."
"It’s a clever lettuce, then."
"Hardly," she said with a delicate snort. "Why would anything clever think it’s a lettuce?"
"Even if it is a lettuce?" I asked.
"Especially then," she said. "Bad enough to be a lettuce. How awful to think you are a lettuce too.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“All the truth in the world is held in stories.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“People said Ove saw the world in black and white. But she was color. All the color he had.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Men like Ove and Rune were from a generation in which one was what one did, not what one talked about.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“All roads lead to something you were predestined to do.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“Maybe to her destiny was "something"; that was none of his business. But to him, destiny was "someone.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“I did not love you out or boredom or loneliness or caprice. I loved you because the desire for you was stronger than any happiness.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“Tenía esa belleza de la que sólo los vencidos son capaces.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“Perché nessuno possa dimenticare che non si è mai lontani abbastanza per trovarsi, mai.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Ocean Sea

“But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if
evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows
disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people. Here is the
shadow of my sword. But shadows also come from trees and living beings.
Do you want to strip the earth of all trees and living things just because
of your fantasy of enjoying naked light? You're stupid.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“You should never ask anyone for anything. Never- and especially from those who are more powerful than yourself.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Cowardice is the most terrible of vices.”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied.
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Ljudi preziru sve one koji ne uspiju, a mrze one koji se uspnu iznad njih; Navikni se na prezir ako želis mir, ili na mržnju ako pristaneš na borbu...”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Kasno je, sjećanja, uzalud se javljate, beskorisne su vaše nemoćne utjehe i podsjećanja na ono što je moglo da bude, jer što nije bilo, nije ni moglo da bude. A uvijek izgleda lijepo ono što se nije ostvarilo. Vi ste varka koja rađa nezadovoljstvo, varka koju ne mogu i
ne želim da otjeram jer me razoružava i tihom tugom brani od patnje.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Hiljadu puta se pokaješ za ono što kažeš, rijetko za ono što prećutiš.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Nije čovjek ono što misli, već ono što čini.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Četrdeset mi je godina, ružno doba: čovjek je još mlad da bi imao želja a već star da ih ostvaruje. Tada se u svakome gase nemiri, da bi postao jak navikom i stečenom sigurnošću u nemoći što dolazi. A ja tek činim što je trebalo učiniti davno, u bujnom cvjetanju tijela, kad su svi bezbrojni putevi dobri, a sve zablude korisne koliko i istine. Šteta što nemam deset godina više pa bi me starost čuvala od pobuna, ili deset godina manje pa bi mi bilo svejedno. Jer trideset godina je mladost, to sad mislim, kad sam se nepovratno udaljio od nje, mladost koja se ničega ne boji, pa ni sebe.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Ne treba čovjek da se pretvori u svoju suprotnost. Sve što u njemu vrijedi, to je ranjivo. Možda nije lako živjeti na svijetu, ali ako mislimo da nam ovdje nije mjesto, biće još gore. A željeti snagu i bezosjećajnost, znači svetiti se sebi zbog razočarenja. I onda, to nije izlaz, to je dizanje ruku od svega što čovjek može da bude. Odricanje svih obzira je prastari strah, davna suština ljudskog bića koje želi moć, jer se boji.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish

“Otići ću da te ne mrzim da mi postane svejedno. Rasuo sam tvoj lik po dalekim putevima razneće ih vjetar i sprati kiše nadam se. U meni će ga potrti pozlijedenost.”
― Meša Selimović, Death and the Dervish