Iva Kereša

“Suglasili smo se mrmljanjem. U tom trenutku osjećali smo svu veličinu zadatka koji smo si zadali i barem za sebe znam da sam se usrdno, nijemo pomolio da budem dorastao kušnjama koje su pred nama. U takvim trenucima čovjek se osjeća blizak sebi.”
― W. E. Bowman

“The presence of another person does not detract from, but enhances, the silence, if the other is the right sort of hill companion. The perfect hill companion is the one whose identity is for the time being merged in that of the mountains, as you feel your own to be. Then such speech as arises is part of a common life and cannot be alien.”
― Nan Shepherd, The Living Mountain: A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland

“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. With him, she was at ease; her skin felt as though it was her right size.. It seemed so natural, to talk to him about odd things. She had never done that before. The trust, so sudden and yet so complete, and the intimacy, frightened her.. But now she could think only of all the things she yet wanted to tell him, wanted to do with him.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“Let us question these questions. Anger is neither legitimate
nor illegitimate, meaningful nor pointless. Anger simply is. To
ask, “Is my anger legitimate?” is similar to asking, “Do I have
a right to be thirsty? After all, I just had a glass of water fifteen
minutes ago. Surely my thirst is not legitimate. And besides,
what’s the point of getting thirsty when I can’t get anything to
drink now, anyway?”
― Harriet Lerner