Nastya Zhenchenko

“Love is by definition an unmerited gift; being loved without meriting it is the very proof of real love. If a woman tells me: I love you because you're intelligent, because you're decent, because you buy me gifts, because you don't chase women, because you do the dishes, then I'm disappointed; such love seems a rather self-interested business. How much finer it is to hear: I'm crazy about you even though you're neither intelligent nor decent, even though you're a liar, an egotist, a bastard.”
― Milan Kundera, Slowness

“Любов варта всього -
варта болю твого,
варта твоїх розлук,
варта відрази й мук,
псячого злого виття,
шаленства та милосердь.
Варта навіть життя.
Не кажучи вже про смерть.”
― Serhiy Zhadan, Динамо Харків

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was peace.”
― Milan Kundera

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
― haruki murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running