“It drew us, because life is made of bits of the present that stay in the mind. The world itself, really, is made of that.” — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
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… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems to me that things hold together only thanks to the borders, that the true identify of these lands and peoples is… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
“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… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
“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 to the few, where no merit guarantees a reward and justice becomes a commodity like anything else, the human heart needs fortification. It needs something permanent, something available to everyone, irrespective of their merits, of the… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share
“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… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
Freedom has become a commodity whose availability, paradoxically, keeps society in check. The threat of its loss seems to enable us to tolerate its… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
“Pale and massive, he absorbed time like a sponge. Moved something, wiped something, adjusted something, but the future never came.” — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
“- Strachliwego masz chłopa, Maryśka. - Edek nalał kieliszek i podał męzczyźnie. - Pij! Na odwagę! - Jaki on mój. Tak przychodzę... - powiedziała kobieta i obciągneła bluzkę na baniastych piersiach. - A do mnie byś przyszła? - Edek wetknął kciuki za pasek i odchylił się z krzesłem do tyłu. - Ja bojąca nie jestem. - Łysneła srebrnym zębem i… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share
Travel is no more than a relatively healthy form of narcotic, after all. — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
“Wychodziło na to, że zbrodnia w afekcie. Innych wtedy nie było. Nie to, co teraz. My zasadniczo nie popełnialiśmy poważnych przestępstw. A już na… — Andrzej Stasiuk Copy Share Image
