“You see? There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest, humble, insignificant - (sighs deeply). Oh, fuck it.
-M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)”
― The Grand Budapest Hotel: The Illustrated Screenplay
-M. Gustave, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)”
― The Grand Budapest Hotel: The Illustrated Screenplay
“People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Zbog svega što smo najlepše hteli
hoću uz mene noćas da kreneš.
Ma bili svetovi crni, il' beli,
ma bili putevi hladni, il' vreli,
nemoj da žališ ako sveneš.
Hoću da držiš moju ruku,
da se ne bojiš vetra i mraka,
uspavana i kad kiše tuku,
jednako krhka, jednako jaka.
Hoću uz mene da se sviješ,
korake moje da uhvatiš,
pa sa mnom bol i smeh da piješ
i da ne želiš da se vratiš.
Da sa mnom ispod crnog neba
pronađeš hleba komadić beli,
pronadješ sunca komadić vreli,
pronađeš života komadić zreli.
Il' crkneš, ako crći treba
zbog svega što smo najlepše hteli.”
―
hoću uz mene noćas da kreneš.
Ma bili svetovi crni, il' beli,
ma bili putevi hladni, il' vreli,
nemoj da žališ ako sveneš.
Hoću da držiš moju ruku,
da se ne bojiš vetra i mraka,
uspavana i kad kiše tuku,
jednako krhka, jednako jaka.
Hoću uz mene da se sviješ,
korake moje da uhvatiš,
pa sa mnom bol i smeh da piješ
i da ne želiš da se vratiš.
Da sa mnom ispod crnog neba
pronađeš hleba komadić beli,
pronadješ sunca komadić vreli,
pronađeš života komadić zreli.
Il' crkneš, ako crći treba
zbog svega što smo najlepše hteli.”
―
“I know so many last words. But I will never know hers.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
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