All Ivo Andric Quotes
- One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them. Afraid
- Searching for what I need, and I don't even know precisely what that is, I was going from a man to a man, and I… All
- When I am not desperate, I am worthless. Desperate
- 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 narrow,… Bare
- If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. Brain
- Sadness is also a kind of defence. Defence
- Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices. Discoveries
- What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be. End
- Bosnia is a country of hatred and fear. Bosnia
- That wild beast which lives in man and does not dare to show itself until the barriers of law and custom have been removed, was… Barriers
- There is no rule without revolts and conspiracies, even as there is no property without work and worry. Conspiracies
- Forgetfulness heals everything and song is the most beautiful manner of forgetting, for in song man feels only what he loves. Beautiful
- 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… Bridge
- They looked at the paper and saw nothing in those curving lines, but they knew and understood everything, for their geography was in their blood… Biologically
- Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are… Always Built
- What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness. Funny
- What does your sorrow do while you sleep? -It’s awake and waiting. And when it loses patience, it wakes me up. Awake
- I do not fear invisible worlds. Fear
- It seems to me, that if people only knew how hard it was for me to endure life, they would find it easier to forgive… All
- I gave in to life. I was not defeated but outplayed. Defeated
- There comes a time when a man finds himself in front of a dark uncrossable abyss, which he himself has spent years digging. He cannot… Abyss
- To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged… Acts
- ~beautiful soul weeps deep~ Beautiful