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> [“Below the mill the rivers merge. First they flow close beside each other, undecided, overawed by their longed-for intimacy, and then they fall into each other and get lost in one another. The river that flows out of this melting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/below-the-mill-the-rivers-merge-first-they-flow-close-beside-each/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

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## More by Olga Tokarczuk

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/my-books-are-not-political-i-don-t-make-political-demands-they/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/reading-english-novels-i-always-adore-the-ability-to-write-without/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [“Držim, naime, da je ljudska psiha stvorena da nas obrani od sagledavanja istine. Da nam ne dopusti izravno sagledati mehanizam. Psiha je naš obrambeni…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/dr-im-naime-da-je-ljudska-psiha-stvorena-da-nas-obrani-od/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I try to do my job and be a decent person, and a decent person has the courage to face what is not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-try-to-do-my-job-and-be-a-decent-person-and-a-decent-person-has-the/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I dream of Poland becoming a modern society that is defined not by the crippling nature of history, but by our individual achievements, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-dream-of-poland-becoming-a-modern-society-that-is-defined-not-by/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [How we think about the world and - perhaps even more importantly - how we narrate it have a massive significance, therefore, a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/how-we-think-about-the-world-and-perhaps-even-more-importantly-how-we/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [In a healthy, normal society, people can disagree with one another, even have diametrically opposing views, and this does not at all mean that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/in-a-healthy-normal-society-people-can-disagree-with-one-another-even/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [When I was a teenager I fell in love with TS Eliot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/when-i-was-a-teenager-i-fell-in-love-with-ts-eliot/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I love crossing borders.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-love-crossing-borders/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [“Nekoliko dana mi je jako nedostajao – njegova kozmetika u kupaonici i čak njegove prazne šalice čaja koje je ostavljao po cijeloj kući. Svakodnevno…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/nekoliko-dana-mi-je-jako-nedostajao-njegova-kozmetika-u-kupaonici-i/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I didn't believe that the Soviet Union would ever break down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-didn-t-believe-that-the-soviet-union-would-ever-break-down/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I believe absolutely that words must be treated as material weapons, every invective or threat as violence and aggression.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-believe-absolutely-that-words-must-be-treated-as-material-weapons/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [“Everyone knows how to cook parasols—you soak them in milk, then dip them in egg and breadcrumbs and fry them until they're brown as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/everyone-knows-how-to-cook-parasols-you-soak-them-in-milk-then-dip/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I like to come back to the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. He is comforting but also funny, and although I know his books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-like-to-come-back-to-the-science-fiction-of-stanislaw-lem-he-is/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

> [I first read Sigmund Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' as a young girl, and it helped me to understand that there are thousands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-first-read-sigmund-freud-s-beyond-the-pleasure-principle-as-a-young/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

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