“Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.”
Ivo Andric“Sadness is also a kind of defence.”
Ivo Andric“Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.”
Ivo Andric“Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices.”
Ivo Andrić“I don't plan anything any more. I just live my life.”
Ivo Andrić“One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.”
Ivo Andrić“If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.”
Ivo Andrić“Every human generation has its own illusions with regard to civilization; some believe they are taking part in its upsurge, others that they are witnesses of its extinction. In fact, it always both flames and smolders and is extinguished, according to the place and the angle of view.”
Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina“...every woman has some reason to weep and weeping is sweetest when it is for another's sorrow.”
Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina“Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite.”
Ivo Andrić, The Bridge on the Drina