Tara

“osim u dedi
ni u čemu nismo bili bolji
od komišluka

i zašto sad nije ovde
da mi na kosu stavi venac
od ivanjskog cveća

na dlanove pospe vodu
sa tri izvora

i skine mi tvoje čini
šašave”
― Radmila Petrović, Moja mama zna šta se dešava u gradovima

“On another afternoon I entered Saint Patrice’s Church just off the Boulevard de la Marne to tell a priest that I’d had an abortion. I immediately realized this was a mistake. I felt bathed in a halo of light and for him I was a criminal. Leaving the church, I realized that I was through with religion.”
― Annie Ernaux, Happening

“I do not wish to explain my passion—that would imply that it was a mistake or some disorder I need to justify—I just want to describe it.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

“With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning.”
― Annie Ernaux, A Woman's Story