I first read Sigmund Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' as a young girl, and it helped me to understand that there are thousands of possible ways to interpret our experience, that everything has a meaning, and that interpretation is the… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Držim, naime, da je ljudska psiha stvorena da nas obrani od sagledavanja istine. Da nam ne dopusti izravno sagledati mehanizam. Psiha je naš obrambeni sustav - skrbi za to da nikada ne pojmimo ono što nas okružuje. Bavi se uglavnom filtriranjem obavijesti i pored toga što su mogućnosti našeg mozga goleme. Jer to se znanje ne bi moglo podnijeti. Svaki… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share
I try to do my job and be a decent person, and a decent person has the courage to face what is not necessarily… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
How we think about the world and - perhaps even more importantly - how we narrate it have a massive significance, therefore, a thing… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
In a healthy, normal society, people can disagree with one another, even have diametrically opposing views, and this does not at all mean that… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Nekoliko dana mi je jako nedostajao – njegova kozmetika u kupaonici i čak njegove prazne šalice čaja koje je ostavljao po cijeloj kući. Svakodnevno je nazivao. Potom malo rjeđe, svaki drugi dan, recimo. Glas mu je zvučao kao da živi u drugoj dimenziji, u nekakvom drugom svijetu na sjeveru zemlje, gdje drveće ima tisuće godina, a velike se Životinje među… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share
I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
