Quote by Danilo Kiš

“Nacionalista je, po definiciji, ignorant. Nacionalizam je, dakle, linija manjeg otpora, komocija. Nacionalisti je lako, on zna, ili misli da zna, svoje vrednosti, svoje,…

— Danilo Kiš

“Ne volim ljude koji se izvlače iz svega kao kišne gliste. Bez ožiljka i bez ogrebotine. Komedijaši.”

— Danilo Kiš

“Terribly thwarted in the autumn and winter, deadened in summer, in the spring his egoism would awaken his once inadequately defined revolt against world…

— Danilo Kiš

“Što je bilo, bilo je. Prošlost živi u nama i ne možemo je izbrisati. Pošto su snovi slika onoga sveta, i dokaz njegovog postojanja,…

— Danilo Kiš

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.

— Danilo Kis

“During that year by the railroad embankment, at the time of my father's complete disaster, distance meant for us not only some faraway lyrical…

— Danilo Kiš

“Kozorogi, što me nisi poštedeo toga! Što si mi pomogao da srušim spomenik od zlata, od mesa, od mesečine. Euridiko sliko, Euridiko senko, Euridiko…

— Danilo Kiš

“The flickering shadows dissolve the outlines of things and break up the surfaces of the cube, the walls and ceiling move to and fro…

— Danilo Kis

“U zoru, osvanusmo ispod stola, iznad bola.”

— Danilo Kiš

“Otela mi je, Igore brate, moju sebičnost, moje remekdelo!”

— Danilo Kiš

“I assigned myself the role of Lot’s wife, because her behavior seemed the most human, the most sinful, and therefore closest to mine. Consumed…

— Danilo Kiš

“O čemu još govore njeni paragrafi, prazne rubrike koje je ispisivala nevidljivim mastilom mašta dečaka?”

— Danilo Kiš