From death's perspective, there are no differences between people; there are no presidents or flight attendants, no faiths or nations. There is just the person, always dear. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“It's clear that the largest things are contained in the smallest. There can be no doubt about it. At this very moment, as I write, there's a planetary configuration on this table, the entire Cosmos, if you like: a thermometer,… — 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… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
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… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression. — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
