“During that year by the railroad embankment, at the time of my father's complete disaster, distance meant for us not only some faraway lyrical splendor but also the exceedingly utilitarian idea of running away, the deliverance from fear and hunger.” — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“I assigned myself the role of Lot’s wife, because her behavior seemed the most human, the most sinful, and therefore closest to mine. Consumed by curiosity, I was drawn to the magnificent, horrible sight of fire and disaster as houses… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“Nacionalista je, po definiciji, ignorant. Nacionalizam je, dakle, linija manjeg otpora, komocija. Nacionalisti je lako, on zna, ili misli da zna, svoje vrednosti, svoje,… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“Ne volim ljude koji se izvlače iz svega kao kišne gliste. Bez ožiljka i bez ogrebotine. Komedijaši.” — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“Terribly thwarted in the autumn and winter, deadened in summer, in the spring his egoism would awaken his once inadequately defined revolt against world… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“Što je bilo, bilo je. Prošlost živi u nama i ne možemo je izbrisati. Pošto su snovi slika onoga sveta, i dokaz njegovog postojanja,… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“During that year by the railroad embankment, at the time of my father's complete disaster, distance meant for us not only some faraway lyrical… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“Kozorogi, što me nisi poštedeo toga! Što si mi pomogao da srušim spomenik od zlata, od mesa, od mesečine. Euridiko sliko, Euridiko senko, Euridiko… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“The flickering shadows dissolve the outlines of things and break up the surfaces of the cube, the walls and ceiling move to and fro… — Danilo Kis Copy Share Image
“Mislila sam, kao što ljudi u teškim nevoljama misle, da će mi promena mesta pomoći da zaboravim svoj bol, kao da svoju nesreću ne… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“I assigned myself the role of Lot’s wife, because her behavior seemed the most human, the most sinful, and therefore closest to mine. Consumed… — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
“O čemu još govore njeni paragrafi, prazne rubrike koje je ispisivala nevidljivim mastilom mašta dečaka?” — Danilo Kiš Copy Share Image
I would have liked to catch hold of sleep at least once, just as I had been resolved to catch hold of death one… — Danilo Kis Copy Share Image
![“I would have liked to catch hold of sleep at least once, just as I had been resolved to catch hold of death one day, to catch hold of the wings of the angel of sleep when it came for me, to grab it with two fingers like a butterfly after sneaking up on it from behind. [...] My sleep game was…” quote by Danilo Kis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/592/danilo-ki-19766_angel_i-would-have-liked-to-catch-hold-of-slee_1519053.jpg)