Dunja

“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

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

“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

“I then asked his assistant for a pen, opened up the hardbound edition, and wrote, Zwischen Immer und Nie, for you in silence, somewhere in Italy in the mid-eighties. In years to come, if the book was still in his possession, I wanted him to ache.”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name