Thank You for Not Reading Quotes

“No one is interested in real victims, or real criminals. Not local courts, not their fellow citizens, not publishers, and not readers. Everyone simply refuses to believe them. An imaginary crime is much more convincing; reality is too real. They can only identify with an invented crime, only paper evil can excite them.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia

“Sanjala sam da sam J.L.Borges, koji je nekim čudom uskrsnuo, progledao, lupio se dlanom po čelu i brzo pretvorio u - Paula Coelha.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia

“…there is, presumably, something in the very nature of shit that makes it so looooooved. And however much the theoreticians of popular culture try to explain why shit ought to be loved, the most attractive aspect of shit is nevertheless its availability. Shit is accessible to everyone, shit is what unites us, we can stumble across shit at every moment, step in it, slip on it, shit followed us wherever we go, shit waits patiently on our doorstep. So who wouldn’t love it! And love alone is the magic formula that can transform shit into gold.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia

“U tržišno orijentiranoj knjižnoj kulturi najteže je proletarijatu, nama piscima.”
― Dubravka Ugrešić, Thank You for Not Reading: Essays on Literary Trivia