Maja

“Sva od stvarnosti, a sama nestvarna, koja nije ni ono što je bilo juče ni ono što će biti sutra; nešto kao prolazno ostrvo u poplavi vremena.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite.”
― Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina

“But then, maybe “I don’t believe in you” is the cruelest way to kill a monster.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching

“Later in the morning Miranda opened her wardrobe and found it full of clammy ghosts that hovered around her body when she put them on. The cold trickled down in the gaps between the material and her chest. Scarecrow girl. She felt proud and nauseous, chosen and moulded by hands that froze.”
― Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching