My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“Historie życia nie są tematem do dyskusji. Powinno się ich wysłuchać i zrewanżować się tym samym.” — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Everything that was interesting was outside of Poland. Great music, art, film, hippies, Mick Jagger. It was impossible even to dream of… — 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,… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“You know what, sometimes it seems to me we're living in a world that we fabricate for ourselves. We decide what's good… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes I wonder how my life would have worked out if my books had been translated into English sooner, because English is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
But sometimes I fear that the people of my country can unite only beside victims' bodies, over coffins and in cemeteries. Like… — 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
