Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. - Boris Pasternak

There is nothing to fear. There is no such thing as death. Death has nothing to do with us. But you said something about being talented — - that it makes one different. Now, that does have something to do with us. And talent in the highest and broadest sense means talent for life.

"Dela govore mnogim svojim elementima: temama, situacijama, sižeima, junacima. Ali, više od svega, ona govore umetnošću koja je u njima prisutna. Prisustvo umetnosti na stranicama "Zločina i kazne" mnogo je potresnije od samog Raskoljnikovljevog zločina."

I'm broken, I have a crack in me for all my life. I was made a woman prematurely, criminally early, and initiated into life from its worst side, in the false, boulevard interpretation of a self-confident aging parasite from former times, who profited from everything and allowed himself everything.