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Quotes by Serbian Authors

"How many unuttered words died in the heads of those for whom a word was too expensive."

"Everything that looks too perfect is too perfect to be perfect."

"From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me."

"To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste."

"It is not important what happens where; Where we fall or rise, What we conquer or lose, How big or small we are."

"We hear only our own voices, still echoes returning to our emptiness."

"The length of novels, poems and stories, is measured by the number of missing words; a thousand pages become one, one becomes a thousand."

"He confided his deepest secret to you, be always wary of his secret."

"A word was more valuable to them when they were not sure of its value. Since they became famous, their word has been more expensive but its value is less."

"Everything seems impossible And everything seems possible."

"Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute."

"Different languages, the same thoughts; servant to thoughts and their masters."

"When following God, Zero we never find."

"The farther away, the closer the home becomes."

"The world is a fairy tale, we are its guardians."

"The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man."

"You are not what you are, You are darkness Looking for light within."

"There is something perfect to be found in the imperfect: the law keeps balance through the juxtaposition of beauty, which gains perfection through nurtured imperfection."

"Into the day as by dream I swim To the music of nourished meaning."

"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."

"Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure."

"If you could have walked on the planet before humans lived here, maybe the Ivory Coast would have seemed more beautiful than La CA te d'Azur."

"Long ago an uncalled rain fell and a called-upon God stayed equally distant."

"The universe is God's son."

"Beyond all vanities, fights, and desires, omnipotent silence lies."

"Perfection seems sterile; it is final, no mystery in it; it's a product of an assembly line."

"He knows he will be born again, And start fresh anew."

"No reason for a feverish rush For we will all arrive in the same place At the right time. Justice will be served. There will be no better or worse, No big and small, no rewards, no punishment, No guilt, no judges, no hierarchies; Only silent equality."

"Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning."

"Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something."

"Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown."

"One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others."

"Everybody talks, but there is no conversation."

"In every sound, the hidden silence sleeps."

"For a game, you don't need a teacher."

"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?"

"Do not look too far for you will see nothing."

"Marquez was not born in Colombia.He was born in Macondo, And his Macondo is his La Mancha."

"Nothing is part of everything."

"Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ's body."

"An unrewarded value is more valuable than a reward with no value."

"Infinity is the end. End without infinity is but a new beginning."

"Through memory to knowledge on the way to stars that are stepping down to the stuffy rooms of modern bureaucrats, illuminating their ceilings, their horizons where everything is easily resolved by the piles of paper and recipes for how to live, create, run, eat, breathe, learn how to love, how to make love, how to sleep, how to dream, how happiness is achieved under the artificial stars of the new sky that emerged from the bureaucratic rooms of aspiring and impotent minds, unable to love, even though they had all their life to learn what they preach."

"Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity."

"When all is lost, there is still a memory."

"Many writers were better before they became famous."

"The world is always open, Waiting to be discovered."

"I imagined I was God for a millisecond And became speechless for a long time."

"From everything, nothing looks to nothing."
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