Slavenka Drakulić

“Žene klimaju glavom, svaka ima nekoliko djece. Jedan dječak ih sluša i kaže: - Kad budem velik, ja ću ubijati Srbe ovako…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“A ipak, trebao mi je čitav život da shvatim kako svi ljudi nisu jednaki i kako čine samo ono što mogu, da…

— Slavenka Drakulić

How is a woman to tell the story of her life and not stumble upon men?

— Slavenka Drakulic

“Vjerovala sam da ljubav može uskrsnuti i mrtve.”

— Slavenka Drakulić

“During those few days and nights, pain had moved into S. as if into its own house. She felt occupied. A previously…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“It is not true that you feel something when you are in an accident. There is no feeling, no thought. You do…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Znala sam da je svaka nova žena u njegovu životu značila i novu fazu u kreativnosti. Minotaur se hranio ne samo mojim…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“To say it's the poor quality of the paint under socialism is correct, but it is not enough. To say it's soft-coal…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Perhaps to them and their peers their ecological consciousness is a bigger sign of prestige than a fur coat. Perhaps they feel…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“What do people think of when they talk about their lives? Do they really see them as an integral whole, as a…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Europe has another meaning for me. Every time I mention that word, I see the Bosnian family in front of me, living…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“I realize that I only have words and that, from time to time, as I hold them in my arms I am…

— Slavenka Drakulić

Every public space is like a billboard, with messages from the collective subconscious of the nation. There one can read passivity, rage…

— Slavenka Drakulic

“Na koncu konca, što je ljubav? Sad mi se čini da je to tek riječ za čitav niz osjećaja, od nježnosti do…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Here, in the camp, she could tell any old story, these people would have no choice but to believe her. That is…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“U ljubavi sam vidjela spas. Ljubav je bila moja religija. Čovjek valjda ima potrbu izmisliti nešto poput boga. što je drugo moglo…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Dok je svirao, bio je drugačiji, mekši, blaži, otvoreniji. Kad bi ga pratila, zajedničko je sviranje, baš kao i učenje, stvaralo nevidljive…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Uvijek zamišljamo da ćemo bliskim osobama sve stići reći i objasniti, pokazati kako ih razumijemo i volimo. Iznenadna smrt nepravedna je i…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Zar je zaista povjerovao da bih napisala memoare? Je li papir dovoljno izdržljiv materijal da bih mu povjerila svoj žvot? Bojim se…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Ovako formulirana, na papiru, njegova se odluka doima stvarnijom. Jednako tako je i sidejama, postaju jasnije tek kad ih napiše. No zaboravio…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“She is awake. Again she thinks about fear. Until then, she had not been aware of fear, she had been convinced that…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“And then came the pain. First in her leg, as if something had sunk its teeth into it. A huge beast, a…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“She wonders what else she will have to give up and what is the minimum of things with which one can survive…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“I know now that everything after the accident was merely a tactic to indulge in escapism and self-delusion. When you are hit…

— Slavenka Drakulić

“Look now,' Vesna's mother continued, 'what do you know, a civil war might break out any minute: Serbs would fight with Croats,…

— Slavenka Drakulić