213 Quotes by Olga Tokarczuk

  • Author Olga Tokarczuk
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    (...) zrozumiałam, że smutek jest ważnym słowem w definicji świata. Leży u podstaw wszystkiego, jest piątym żywiołem, kwintesencją.

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  • Author Olga Tokarczuk
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    Czasami, gdy Człowiek doświadcza Gniewu, wszystko wydaje się oczywiste i proste. Gniew zaprowadza porządek, pokazuje świat w oczywistym skrócie, w Gniewie powraca też dar Jasności Widzenia, o który trudno w innych stanach.

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  • Author Olga Tokarczuk
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    Думаю, нас таких много. Исчезнувших, отсутствующих. Вдруг возникающих в зале прилета и начинающих существовать в тот момент, когда пограничник ставит в паспорт штамп или любезный портье вручает ключ от номера.

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  • Author Olga Tokarczuk
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    When we were young we thought of old age as an ailment that affected only other people.

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    It occurred to me that every unjustly inflictd death deserved public exposure. Even an Insect’s. A death that nobody noticed was twice as scandalous.

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    Standing there on the embankment, staring into the current, I realized that – in spite of all the risks involved – a thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest; that change will always be a nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity.

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  • Author Olga Tokarczuk
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    Once we have reached a certain age, it’s hard to be reconciled to the fact that people are always going to be impatient with us.

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    Winter mornings are made of steel; they have a metallic taste and sharp edges. On a Wednesday in January, at seven in the morning, it’s plain to see that the world was not made for Man, and definitely not for his comfort or pleasure.

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