Tilen Dobnik

“Who says there even is a real Shenkt? People like things that are simple. Black and white. Good and evil. They want to make a choice and tell themselves they were right. But as His Eminence is fond of saying, the real world is painted in greys. The truth is complicated, full of mixed emotions and blurred outcomes and each-way bets. The truth … is a hard sell.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble With Peace

“Here’s what I was learning: secrets are poison. They suck the life out of you, they steal your ability to live in the present, they build walls between you and the people you love.”
― Tyler Hamilton, The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France

“Winning teaches you nothing,” said Tunny. “You see what a man really is when he loses.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Trouble with Peace

“Dandanašnji smo pravzaprav siromašni zavoljo prevelike množice podob in vtisov; razmrvili smo svojo ljubezen in se ji oddaljili. Naredili smo prav narobe od tega, kar delajo čebele; raztrosili smo cvetni prah nad milijon predmetov in kljub tihemu glasu, ki nam to zanika, zmeraj še upamo, da bomo nekoč imeli toliko časa na razpolago, da bomo spet napolnili svoj izpraznjeni panj.”
― Boris Pahor, Necropoli