Drina Quotes

“Drina is not terrifyingly muscled. Her underdeveloped calves tell me she's not a runner. Her bad posture tells me she has little to no energy. She might be good with a sword, but I deem that unlikely.

I fail to find a solid reason not to punch her in the face.”
― mc pending, Untouchable

“Lost in his thoughts he looked out from his shop at the shining loveliness of that first day of March. Opposite him, a little to the side, stood the eternal bridge, everlastingly the same; through its white arches could be seen the green, sparkling, tumultuous waters of the Drina, so that they seemed like some strange diadem in two colours which sparkled in the sun.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Bana hiç acımayın… Biz, sıradan insanlar, yalnız bir sefer ölürüz. Ama büyük adamlar iki sefer ölürler. Birinci sefer bu dünyayı bırakıp göçtükleri, ikinci sefer de bıraktıkları eserler, yıkılıp kaybolduğu zaman.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Njegova kapija je srce mosta koji je srce ove kasabe koja svakom mora da ostane u srcu.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“A postanak i život svake velike, lepe i korisne građevine, kao i njen odnos prema naselju u kome je podignuta, često nose u sebi složene i tajanstvene drame i istorije.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Eine gute Geschichte", sagt sie, "ist wie früher unsere Drina war: nie stilles Rinnsal, sondern ungestüm und breit. Zuflüsse reichern sie an, sie brodelt und braust, tritt über die Ufer. Eines können weder die Drina noch die Geschichten: Für beide gibt es kein Zurück.”
― Saša Stanišić, Herkunft

“Übermäßige Glaube ist der schlimmste aller Verbündeten.”
― Ivo Andrić, Na Drini ćuprija / Prokleta avlija