Dejan Stojanovic Quotes
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Dejan Stojanović is a Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His poetry is characterized by a recognizable system of thought and poetic devices, bordering on philosophy, and, overall, it has a highly reflective tone. According to the critic Petar V. Arbutina, "Stojanović belongs to the small and autochthonous circle of poets who have been the main creative and artistic force of the Serbian poetry in the last several decades." Wikipedia  

✵ 11. March 1959
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Dejan Stojanovic Quotes

“And what does infinity mean to you? Are you not infinity and yourself?”

Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987

“Infinity,” p. 10
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”

“The same word we love and hate, leaves in different directions, taking different paths.”

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“A Word,” p. 54
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.”

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“The Same Story,” p. 63
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“Since nothing is absolute, there is no absolute silence, only an appearance of temporary peace.”

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Silence Is the Universal Library http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21396/Silence_Is_the_Universal_Library_ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“History will be erased in the universal purgatory.”

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Don Quixote http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-quixote-6/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“New vandals will destroy what former vandals failed to abolish.”

Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987

”New Vandals,” p. 65
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

“He did not profess to anybody how to reach others without professing.”

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“Dumbness,” p. 73
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “What After”

“To the knights of faith nobody believes.”

Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987

”The Thin Thread,” p. 64
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Warden with No Keys”

“There is no born lover, there is no born Don Juan, for we are all lovers.”

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Lover http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lover-16/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative.”

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“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body.”

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“Christ,” p. 106
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

“Through a forest of challenges, thought moves and squirms, resisting beguilements; if it endures, it emerges pure.”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Creator

“Pure Thought,” p. 90
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

“It is vain futility to analyze the algebra of time.”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Creator

“The Day,” p. 57
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”

“The closer he moved, the farther it seemed still.”

Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987

“Derangement,” p. 13
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “Recircling”

“With me: one minus one = one; with you: it’s zero. Here lies the only difference.”

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"Mathematics," p. 29
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”

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

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“A Deceit,” p. 29
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.”

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“Socrates,” p. 67
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“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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“A Flash of Silence,” p. 109
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

“We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.”

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“Things,” p. 87
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Creator

“Nests,” p. 55
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”

“It is beautiful to talk about beautiful things and even more beautiful to silently gaze at them.”

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Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“After Homer and Dante, is a whole century of creating worth one Shakespeare?”

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“Tiredness,” p. 68
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“To go against the grain is the secret of bravery.”

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Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“How alive is thought, invisible, yet without thought there is no sight.”

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“Thought,” p. 64
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“A star needs a star.”

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Star http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/star-23/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door.”

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End of the Labyrinth http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21391/End_of_the_Labyrinth <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“It is beautiful to express love and even more beautiful to feel it.”

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Words and Beauty http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/words-and-beauty/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“A smiling lie is a whirlwind, easy to enter, but hard to escape.”

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“A Lie,” p. 65
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”

“In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.”

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"The Bell of the Shape," p. 35
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Bells”

“Your head is a lit chamber.”

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“Head,” p. 107
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

“Tell me something only you know and make a new friend.”

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A New Friend http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21370/A_New_Friend <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“Christ did not ask or want to be what he was not.”

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“Christ,” p. 106
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”

“Dream by making and make by dreaming.”

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Seagull from Afar http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21382/Seagull_from_Afar_ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“When I want to be reminded of stupidity, especially my own, I turn on the TV.”

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Stupidity http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stupidity-14/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“Although all days are equally long regardless of the season, some days are long not only seasonally but by rewards they offer.”

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Chance http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/chance-29/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“We traveled long and forgot why poetry was invented.”

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Song within a Song http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-within-a-song/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“I travel, always arriving in the same place.”

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"Citizens of the City of Light," p. 27
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Happiness of Atoms”

“Statesmen are grocers, ambitious clowns.”

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“Game III,” p. 98
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“When there is noise and crowds, there is trouble; when everything is silent and perfect, there is just perfection and nothing to fill the air.”

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Perfect Boredom http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/perfect-boredom/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“He will understand when it is too late that it is easier to love.”

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"Love," p. 54
The Shape (2000), Sequence: “Wonders”

“To expect to be kissed having bad breath is the secret of a fool.”

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Simplicity http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21390/Simplicity <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“Every scent is the sun’s scent.”

Dejan Stojanovic book The Creator

“The Land,” p. p. 91
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

“You don’t know anything, but I know even less.”

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“Face to Face,” p. 116
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Hopelessness”

“Stars are only the rain of the Absolute.”

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“Rain of the Absolute,” p. 25
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Skywalking”

“Say No! Accept the burdens of revenge.”

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“No!,” p. 85
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“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.”

Dejan Stojanovic

Possibility http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/possibility-3/ <br class="br">From the poems written in English

“Come out from within yourself, speak out.”

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“No!,” p. 85
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“For a game, you don’t need a teacher.”

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“Game III,” p. 98
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Game”

“Through words to the meaning of thoughts with no words.”

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“Hidden Words,” p. 58
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “A Stone and a Word”