Lina Kostenko Quotes

“And the uniqueness of every momentseeks the path from pain to a pearl.”

“I'll enjoy today while it's here, using the time wisely. Each day is a gift that soon becomes a memory.”

“Can't it be stopped?" said Lina. She shifted around under her blanket, trying to find a place to sit where rocks weren't digging into her.Maybe it can be stopped at the beginning," Maddy said. "If someone sees what's happening and is brave enough to reverse the direction."Reverse the direction?"Yes, turn it around."How would you do that?"You'd do something good," said Maddy. "Or at least you'd keep yourself from doing something bad."But how could you?" said Lina. "When people have been mean to you, why would you want to be good to them?"You wouldn't want to," said Maddy. "That's what makes it hard. you do it anyway. Being good is hard. Much harder than being bad.”

“Ah, in work, love and the movies, everything is a fight.”

“Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.”

“People don't get to choose their family, but if you have the family you would choose - that's happiness.”

“You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward.”

“Torque was the greatest thing in the world, as far as Lina was concerned.”

“It was disgraceful but also romantic enough to make Lina's heart turn.”

“Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.”