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Dejan Stojanovic is a Serbian-American poet, essayist, philosopher, and journalist whose work delves deep into the mysteries of existence, nature, and the human mind. With a unique blend of lyrical beauty and philosophical inquiry, his poetry has been widely celebrated for its depth and originality. Raised in the former Yugoslavia and later residing in the U.S., Dejan brings a global perspective to his work. His journey is a powerful testament to the enduring impact of art, thought, and introspection across cultures and generations.
"In trying to be perfect, He perfected the art of anonymity, Became imperceptible And arrived nowhere from nowhere."
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"Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory."
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"Every star was once darker than the night, before it awoke."
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"For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else's face."
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"A versifier arranges words and rhymes into verses, a poet arranges verses and rhymes into meanings."
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"When I want to be reminded of stupidity, especially my own, I turn on the TV."
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"If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn't write a single word, but that would be tragic."
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"There are those who speak and those who dream."
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"If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it?"
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"Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return."
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"A well paid word deceives them. And what kind of a word is a word that has a price, high or low, which is adjusted to the price of fame, and how, long ago, when it was little appreciated, was it more valuable than it is today with a big price?"
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"A poem does not radiate from the name, but the name emanates from the poem."
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"How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight."
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"Possible impossibility emerges From an impossible possibility, Or possibly, impossible possibility Blooms from the impossibly possible impossibility."
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"Anyone who writes can be called a writer because they write."
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"Through words to the meaning of thoughts with no words."
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"There are many secrets, don't try to resolve them all."
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"Real geniuses would like that what we think of ourselves is true."
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"A number is still very accurate, but its role is changed.In the changed role this number enriches the silence."
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"Possible is more a matter of attitude, A matter of decision, to choose Among the impossible possibilities, When one sound opportunity Becomes a possible solution."
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"We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards."
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"After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?"
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"What are all these writers fighting for? For their own victory or for the victory of their profession?"