Dunja

“The depressed don’t write books. People who are happy write, people who travel, are in love, and talk and talk with the conviction that, one way or another, their words always go to the right place.”
“Isn’t that how it is?”
No, words rarely go to the right place, and if they do, it’s only for a very brief time. Otherwise they’re useful for speaking nonsense, as now. Or for pretending that everything is under control.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of the Lost Child

“Mi i ne znamo kolike snage i kakve sve mogućnosti krije u sebi svako živo stvorenje. I ne slutimo šta sve umemo. Budemo i prođemo, a ne saznamo šta smo sve mogli biti i učiniti.”
― Ivo Andrić, Aska i vuk

“She just smiled, said that she loved books more than anything, and started telling him excitedly what each of the ones in her lap was about. And Ove realised that he wanted to hear her talking about the things she loved for the rest of his life.”
― Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove

“the laws work for those who fear them, not for those who violate them.”
― Elena Ferrante, The Story of the Lost Child