Author: Tea Obreht

Quotes

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

My family lived in Egypt from 1993 to 1996.

- Tea Obreht

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

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

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

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

A family has its own rituals and its own superstitions.

- Tea Obreht

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

- 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

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