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Quotes by Serbian Authors
"Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown."
"Marquez was not born in Colombia.He was born in Macondo, And his Macondo is his La Mancha."
"Every thought about death takes a moment of life away."
"Sound unbound by nature becomes bounded by art."
"It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them."
"There can be no forced inspiration."
"Will the day tell its secret Before it disappears, Becomes timeless night."
"Oblivion cures the old wounds."
"We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same."
"To accomplish the perfect perfection, a little imperfection helps."
"There is always the question why And there is always life, Which doesn't need an answer."
"There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin."
"I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible the world has written its own."
"We love the imperfect shapes in nature and in the works of art, look for an intentional error as a sign of the golden key and sincerity found in true mastery."
"To hear never-heard sounds, To see never-seen colors and shapes, To try to understand the imperceptible Power pervading the world; To fly and find pure ethereal substances That are not of matter But of that invisible soul pervading reality. To hear another soul and to whisper to another soul; To be a lantern in the darkness Or an umbrella in a stormy day; To feel much more than know. To be the eyes of an eagle, slope of a mountain; To be a wave understanding the influence of the moon; To be a tree and read the memory of the leaves; To be an insignificant pedestrian on the streets Of crazy cities watching, watching, and watching. To be a smile on the face of a woman And shine in her memory As a moment saved without planning."
"In its proper role, a number counts the missing words."
"Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time."
"If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another."
"Unwritten words grow out of silence."
"Nothing is made, nothing disappears. The same changes, at the same places, never stopping."
"There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky."
"Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you."
"He confided his deepest secret to you, be always wary of his secret."
"When he is most powerful, nothing does he become."
"Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters."
"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."
"Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift."
"He knows he will be born again, And start fresh anew."
"Is my victory real, does the winner adorned with a laurel wreath ask this question? Do I deserve victory or did I steal it from someone who is more worthy of victory?"
"Many writers were better before they became famous."
"When the star dies, Its eye closes; tired of watching, It flies back to its first bright dream."
"God is a cloud from which rain fell."
"To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple."
"With me: one minus one = one, with you: it's zero. Here lies the only difference."
"Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn't live off fame, but rather deeds."
"Nobility is not only in forgiveness."
"Too often, feelings arrive too soon, waiting for thoughts that often come too late."
"Wherever there is somebody else, a war is not far away."
"Before the first before and after the last after, there is night waiting."
"Unjustified ambition kills value,Kills someone else's desire to fly, Cuts their wings, sucks their air.If there is nothing else, it eats its own life."
"Even great men bow before the Sun, it melts hubris into humility."
"Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good."
"God is busy and has no time for you."
"We dream and fight with demons real and imagined."
"Neruda had his first dream, First meeting with the Moon and the Sun In sunny La Mancha, hiding in his heart,Where he learned how to sing like a nightingale."
"Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds."
"Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it's an almost losing battle against it."
"We traveled long and forgot why poetry was invented."
"If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying."
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