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“Every book is an alchemical creation, and I'm thinking back to 1857 when Herman Melville arrived in Greece and saw the Parthenon for the first time sitting there like a great beached whale, its big white bones exposed to the winds. But how can this happen? How can a whale turn into a building? Or into a book? In what way can words be alive?”
― Laurie Anderson, Stories from the Nerve Bible: A Retrospective, 1972-1992

“Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand”
― Hayley Williams

“Everybody is waiting for cooler weather--and I am just waiting for you--. (Bob Dylan in a letter)”
― Suze Rotolo, A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties

“In this world, there are things you can only do alone, and things you can only do with somebody else. It's important to combine the two in just the right amount.”
― Haruki Murakami, After Dark

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

“Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.”
― Woody Guthrie

“Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”
― Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story

“Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence

“Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.”
― Haruki murakami , After Dark

“If only I could fall
sound asleep and wake up in my old reality!”
― Haruki Murakami, After Dark

“Vrijeme je da se penje, da se napreduje za stepenicu više, iako ni prethodna stepenica nije još potpuno osvojena ni utvrđena kako treba. Govoriti malo, ne govoriti zlo, glupo, površno ni uzaludno, ili čak ne govoriti uopšte. Sve su to stepenice na putu ličnog napretka i usavršavanja koje u toku života, kao teren u ratu, osvajamo, gubimo i ponovo osvajamo. S godinama, tačnije rečeno sa starošću, koja nastupa polako i tiho kao sumrak na zemlju, krv hladni, nagoni odumiru, savlađujemo se i obuzdavamo lakše, tako da i bez svoje velike zasluge govorimo manje,možda razumnije i čovječnije. Ali to nije dovoljno. Vrijeme je da se pređe na postizavanje višeg stepena, a to je: unutarnje ćutanje. Šta vrijedi što mudro držimo jezik za zubima, ako u nama još sve vri od oštrih sudova i brzopletih replika koje ne pokreću naš jezik i ne prelaze preko usana, ali potresaju i paraju našu unutrašnjost? Često mogu da se vide takvi starci koji smireno i prepodobno ćute, ali im se u pogledu i podrhtavanju usnica javlja ponekad odraz unutarnjih kivnih i zloćudnih monologa i dijaloga. Bilo je vrijeme da već naučimo da u sebi ćutimo. Sve nas poziva na to. Priroda sama nam pomaže u tome. Vrijeme je, jer inače će nam se desiti da do kraja zlo živimo i, na kraju, ružno umremo. A to je strašno.”
― Ivo Andrić, Znakovi pored puta

“I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Kindness, I’ve discovered, is everything in life.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer

“Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, Love and Exile

“If you hear I'm dead, don't come to my funeral.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, Enemies: A Love Story

“If you believe in God, then He exists.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer

“When a day passes, it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than a story. If stories weren't told or books weren't written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day. The whole world, all human life, is one long story.”
― Isaac Bashevis Singer, Naftali the Storyteller and His Horse, Sus and Other Stories

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“May you live every day of your life.”
― Jonathan Swift

“Every story needs a villain, she said grimly.”
― Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account

“From that blighted time came the saying: when bellies speak, reason is lost. There”
― Laila Lalami, The Moor's Account

“We live for books.”
― Umberto Eco