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> [“The water can't turn back and choose another bed, just as promises now cannot be kept. No drowned man comes up again asking for a towel, no love is found again, no tobacconist fails to be born in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/the-water-can-t-turn-back-and-choose-another-bed-just-as-promises-now/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/sa-a-stani-i-18570_first-place_the-water-can-t-turn-back-and-choose-ano_868719.jpg)

## More by Saša Stanišić

> [“If only I were a magician who could make things possible. I'd give objects the gift of defiance: banisters, gramaphones, guns, the napes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/if-only-i-were-a-magician-who-could-make-things-possible-i-d-give/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“The dead are lonelier than the living ever can be. They can't hear each other through coffins and the earth…When I die I'd like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/the-dead-are-lonelier-than-the-living-ever-can-be-they-can-t-hear/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the stories I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/i-just-feel-much-more-secure-about-whatever-i-write-if-i-stand-with/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [The reason for writing that essay was less a personal agenda than an attempt to explain my unease with the general label of "immigrant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/the-reason-for-writing-that-essay-was-less-a-personal-agenda-than-an/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [Never too late to learn a language. And the good literature to come with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/never-too-late-to-learn-a-language-and-the-good-literature-to-come/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“...someone ought to invent a tool, a kind of plane to shave the lies away from stories and deception away from memories. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/someone-ought-to-invent-a-tool-a-kind-of-plane-to-shave-the-lies-away/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“If I were a magician who could make things possible, then pictures could talk while we painted them. If I were a magaician who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/if-i-were-a-magician-who-could-make-things-possible-then-pictures/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [For example, an author whose parents fled a war but he himself was born in the country where they fled to, and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/for-example-an-author-whose-parents-fled-a-war-but-he-himself-was/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [Europe is not becoming more unified - well, yes, on paper - but not as long as the criteria for so many things (import…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/europe-is-not-becoming-more-unified-well-yes-on-paper-but-not-as-long/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/something-as-radical-as-a-war-can-only-be-understood-if-at-all/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [Given that the label "immigrant literature" is already established, unavoidable for anyone with a migrant background and used in any given context, I strongly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/given-that-the-label-immigrant-literature-is-already-established/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“If I were a magician who could make things possible, I'd have lemonade always tasting as it did on the evening Francesco explained how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/if-i-were-a-magician-who-could-make-things-possible-i-d-have-lemonade/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“The water can't turn back and choose another bed, just as promises now cannot be kept. No drowned man comes up again asking for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/the-water-can-t-turn-back-and-choose-another-bed-just-as-promises-now/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [By trying to give an artistic approach through my book I stepped unwillingly into other fields. Like a dentist being asked about a throat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/by-trying-to-give-an-artistic-approach-through-my-book-i-stepped/)

[Sasa Stanisic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

> [“...there's not enough of anything to go around except people and death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sa-a-stani-i/there-s-not-enough-of-anything-to-go-around-except-people-and-death/)

[Saša Stanišić](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sa-a-stani-i/)

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