Houses Quotes

“For just as people who have done nothing at all wrong are got rid of simply because they stand in the way of something, so houses too are destroyed because they impede somebody’s view, stand in the way of some future square, hamper the development of a street, or traffic, or of some new building.”
― Borislav Pekić, Houses

“In a certain way, I think, and I’m not ashamed to admit it, they were a chronicle of my life, my sole authentic history.”
― Borislav Pekić, Houses

“Houses are like people: you can’t foresee what they’ll offer until you’ve tried them out, got into their souls and under their skins.”
― Borislav Pekić, Houses