--- title: "1 Existence Feel Quotes By Andrzej Stasiuk" description: "1 Existence Feel quotes by Andrzej Stasiuk. Plus more from Andrzej Stasiuk and more Existence Feel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png" --- > [Perhaps we become aware of our existence only when we feel on our skin the touch of a place that has no name, that connects us to the earliest time, to all the dead, to prehistory, when the mind first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence-only-when-we-feel-on-our/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png) ## More by Andrzej Stasiuk > [“Czułem jego łzy i smarki. A może to były pocałunki.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/czu-em-jego-zy-i-smarki-a-mo-e-to-by-y-poca-unki/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [Sometimes it seems to me that things hold together only thanks to the borders, that the true identify of these lands and peoples is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/sometimes-it-seems-to-me-that-things-hold-together-only-thanks-to-the/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Sen jest najlepszym przyjacielem człowieka.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/sen-jest-najlepszym-przyjacielem-cz-owieka/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Dlaczego kraj, który i tak ma nieustannie przesrane – bo a to Ruscy, a to Niemcy, a to Tatarzy, a to własna szlachta, a to własna głupota – dodatkowo straumatyzowano największą…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/dlaczego-kraj-kt-ry-i-tak-ma-nieustannie-przesrane-bo-a-to-ruscy-a-to/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“The homeland, the myth of the homeland, becomes a fundamental value for those who have nothing else(...)In a world where power, like wealth, falls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/the-homeland-the-myth-of-the-homeland-becomes-a-fundamental-value-for/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“That's why I drove there in the middle of February, patches of snow still on the fields. I had the strong feeling that somewhere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/that-s-why-i-drove-there-in-the-middle-of-february-patches-of-snow/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/freedom-has-become-a-commodity-whose-availability-paradoxically-keeps/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Pale and massive, he absorbed time like a sponge. Moved something, wiped something, adjusted something, but the future never came.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/pale-and-massive-he-absorbed-time-like-a-sponge-moved-something-wiped/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“- Strachliwego masz chłopa, Maryśka. - Edek nalał kieliszek i podał męzczyźnie. - Pij! Na odwagę! - Jaki on mój. Tak przychodzę... - powiedziała…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/strachliwego-masz-ch-opa-mary-ka-edek-nala-kieliszek-i-poda-m-zczy/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Resztę pamiętam słabo i zarazem wyraźnie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/reszt-pami-tam-s-abo-i-zarazem-wyra-nie/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [Travel is no more than a relatively healthy form of narcotic, after all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/travel-is-no-more-than-a-relatively-healthy-form-of-narcotic-after-all/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Wychodziło na to, że zbrodnia w afekcie. Innych wtedy nie było. Nie to, co teraz. My zasadniczo nie popełnialiśmy poważnych przestępstw. A już na…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/wychodzi-o-na-to-e-zbrodnia-w-afekcie-innych-wtedy-nie-by-o-nie-to-co/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“Now it all seems so simple. Events intersect free of any logic of sequence; they cover space and time in an even, translucent layer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/now-it-all-seems-so-simple-events-intersect-free-of-any-logic-of/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“it is the West’s provincialism, which leads it to perceive the rest of the continent as a failed copy of itself”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/it-is-the-west-s-provincialism-which-leads-it-to-perceive-the-rest-of/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) > [“it gives me no rest, my wish to know the fate of all these scenes that entered my eyes and have remained in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/it-gives-me-no-rest-my-wish-to-know-the-fate-of-all-these-scenes-that/) [Andrzej Stasiuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrzej-stasiuk/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence-feel/andrzej-stasiuk/#itemlist", "name": "1 Existence Feel Quotes By Andrzej Stasiuk", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps we become aware of our existence only when we feel on our skin the touch of a place that has no name, that connects us to the earliest time, to all the dead, to prehistory, when the mind first stood apart from the world, still unaware that it was orphaned.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrzej Stasiuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrzej-stasiuk/perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence-only-when-we-feel-on-our/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps we become aware of our existence only when we feel on our skin the touch of a place that has no…” — Andrzej Stasiuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence-feel/andrzej-stasiuk/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence-feel/andrzej-stasiuk/", "name": "Existence Feel Quotes by Andrzej Stasiuk", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence-feel/andrzej-stasiuk/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/andrzej-stasiuk-13419_existence_perhaps-we-become-aware-of-our-existence_1895256.png" }, "description": "1 Existence Feel quotes by Andrzej Stasiuk. 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