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> [“She is awake. Again she thinks about fear. Until then, she had not been aware of fear, she had been convinced that she did not feel fear, not even when they had taken the group of men out from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/she-is-awake-again-she-thinks-about-fear-until-then-she-had-not-been/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

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## More by Slavenka Drakulić

> [“Žene klimaju glavom, svaka ima nekoliko djece. Jedan dječak ih sluša i kaže: - Kad budem velik, ja ću ubijati Srbe ovako - podiže…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/ene-klimaju-glavom-svaka-ima-nekoliko-djece-jedan-dje-ak-ih-slu-a-i/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“A ipak, trebao mi je čitav život da shvatim kako svi ljudi nisu jednaki i kako čine samo ono što mogu, da daju samo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/a-ipak-trebao-mi-je-itav-ivot-da-shvatim-kako-svi-ljudi-nisu-jednaki/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/how-is-a-woman-to-tell-the-story-of-her-life-and-not-stumble-upon-men/)

[Slavenka Drakulic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Vjerovala sam da ljubav može uskrsnuti i mrtve.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/vjerovala-sam-da-ljubav-mo-e-uskrsnuti-i-mrtve/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“During those few days and nights, pain had moved into S. as if into its own house. She felt occupied. A previously unknown illness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/during-those-few-days-and-nights-pain-had-moved-into-s-as-if-into-its/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“It is not true that you feel something when you are in an accident. There is no feeling, no thought. You do and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/it-is-not-true-that-you-feel-something-when-you-are-in-an-accident/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Znala sam da je svaka nova žena u njegovu životu značila i novu fazu u kreativnosti. Minotaur se hranio ne samo mojim nego i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/znala-sam-da-je-svaka-nova-ena-u-njegovu-ivotu-zna-ila-i-novu-fazu-u/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal exploitation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/to-say-it-s-the-poor-quality-of-the-paint-under-socialism-is-correct/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Perhaps to them and their peers their ecological consciousness is a bigger sign of prestige than a fur coat. Perhaps they feel on more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/perhaps-to-them-and-their-peers-their-ecological-consciousness-is-a/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“What do people think of when they talk about their lives? Do they really see them as an integral whole, as a chronological sequence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/what-do-people-think-of-when-they-talk-about-their-lives-do-they/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Europe has another meaning for me. Every time I mention that word, I see the Bosnian family in front of me, living far away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/europe-has-another-meaning-for-me-every-time-i-mention-that-word-i/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am less lonely.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/i-realize-that-i-only-have-words-and-that-from-time-to-time-as-i-hold/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [Every public space is like a billboard, with messages from the collective subconscious of the nation. There one can read passivity, rage indifference, fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/every-public-space-is-like-a-billboard-with-messages-from-the/)

[Slavenka Drakulic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Na koncu konca, što je ljubav? Sad mi se čini da je to tek riječ za čitav niz osjećaja, od nježnosti do solidarnosti i…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/na-koncu-konca-to-je-ljubav-sad-mi-se-ini-da-je-to-tek-rije-za-itav/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

> [“Here, in the camp, she could tell any old story, these people would have no choice but to believe her. That is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavenka-drakuli/here-in-the-camp-she-could-tell-any-old-story-these-people-would-have/)

[Slavenka Drakulić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavenka-drakuli/)

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