Author: Tea Obreht

Quotes

For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.

- Tea Obreht

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.

In terms of people that I know, my grandmother and my mother are huge influences on my writing life because they are both massively supportive and always have been of my career.

- Tea Obreht

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

- Tea Obreht

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

I think the mythology of death really ran away with me when I was very young.

- Tea Obreht

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

- Tea Obreht

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.

- Tea Obreht

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

You never know what's going to happen in your life, and you never know what's going to happen in someone else's life either.

- Tea Obreht

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