They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'. — Ivo Andric Copy Share Image
“Teško je zamisliti varoš sa manje novca i slabijim izvorima zarade a sa većom žeđi za novcem, sa manje volje za radom i veštine… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“U mraku vidim kako ti oči sjaju, a kad nam se lica dotaknu i tvoj dah ukrsti sa mojim, ja osetim sve godine naše… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“Neka ti nije žao rad samoće i šutnje što je oko tebe. Možda udes dobro misli s tobom, možda je to stara nečija molitva koja te okružuje tišinom kao zaštitom, možda u tvom ćutanju leže pokopane riječi koje nose nemir i nesreću. U samoći je brod tvoj miran, desnu ruku držiš na kormilu. - Ludo srce, zar ti nije žao… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share
Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that… — Ivo Andric Copy Share Image
“Vreme muči i zamara samo one koji žive zauzeti jedino ništavnim brigama o svojoj ličnosti i svojim uživanjima, ali ono je kratko i neosetno… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“Sve je u meni mrtvo; tako mi je dobro. Ne dopire do mene zvuk, umro mi je ocinji vid. Sve je ostalo za velikom… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“He never even felt how countless petty circumstances were fusing together to create an imperceptible but powerful stream that would carry him back into that life which he had left as a child in the slums of San Giusto in Trieste, right back into the world of ugly squalor and besetting vice from which he had run with all his… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share
“Men who do not work themselves and who undertake nothing in their lives easily loose patience and fall into error when judging the work… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“U nas se mnogo ljudi zale na ,,sredinu",i ne bez razloga,ali se zale toliki i tako mnogo i cesto,da je rec ,,sredina" pocela da… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“Ja, covjek nestalna srca koji živim bez mira i radosti; gorak život o tudjem hljebu, nemirne prošlosti, pune lutanja, nesnalaženja i stradanja, nestalne, teške… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
“... u krvi im je saznanje da se pravi život sastoji od samih zatišja i da bi ludo i uzaludno bilo mutiti ta retka… — Ivo Andrić Copy Share Image
