Нина Матовић

“Right now you're about the least attractive Bird I've ever seen...But I'll sleep with you just the same. I haven't been fastidious about morality since my husband committed suicide; besides, even if you intend to have the most disgusting kind of sex with me, I'm sure I'll discover something genuine in no matter what we do.”
― Kenzaburō Ōe, A Personal Matter

“The fear of blindness created a moment's vacuum, serving as a relaxant for my exhausted and overheated brain.”
― Kenzaburō Ōe, The Silent Cry

“There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro

“Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too. No matter how unconventional they get, they're just repeating what others before them have done.”
― Yukio Mishima, After the Banquet