Quotes from book
The Creator

The Creator is a collection of poetry by the Serbian-American poet Dejan Stojanović . The book, originally written in Serbian, contains 62 poems in nine sequences: "The Light-Bearer," "Forest of the Universe," "A Talk of Fire," "The Whisper of Eternity," "A Smiling Sky," "Thought and Flight," "Same and Change," "The Dream Chamber," and "Nostalgic Elements."


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“Devil and God are two sides of the same face.”

“The Devil and God,” p. 20
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Light-Bearer”

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“What you spend, you save.”

“Spending and Saving,” p. 94
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

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

“Eagle,” p. 72
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Thought and Flight”

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“The holy world glows like a lightening bug.”

“The Fruit Bearer,” p. 29
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Forest of the Universe”

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“The world is a navy in an empty ocean.”

“The Light-Bearer,” p. 7
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Light-Bearer”

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“Description is a story well told already; experience offers truth.”

“Lackadaisical Elements,” p. 93
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

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“Good is not always good.”

“Whispering Targets,” p. 11
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Light-Bearer”

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“The world cannot be translated; it can only be dreamed of and touched.”

“World II,” p. 84
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Same and Change”

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

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

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

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

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“Heavenly bodies are nests of invisible birds.”

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

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“Every scent is the sun’s scent.”

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

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“Color is the overpowering of black; white – the final victory over black.”

“Color,” p. 64
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “A Smiling Sky”

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“In an endless silence even screams sound silent.”

“Scream,” p. 34
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Forest of the Universe”

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“While the world sleeps, darkness and silence are awake.”

“A Sleepday,” p. 53
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Whisper of Eternity”

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“In every moment the past is born and the present flows into the future, taking the moment that already passed.”

“Passage,” p. 45
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “The Dream Chamber”

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“When within yourself you find the road, the right road will open.”

“Roads,” p. 79
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Same and Change”

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“In every sound sleeps the silence.”

“Scream,” p. 34
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Forest of the Universe”

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“It is futile to spend time telling stories about the fleetness of each day.”

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

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“With open eyes, you watch; with closed eyes, you see.”

“A Book,” p. p. 92
The Creator (2000), Sequence: “Nostalgic Elements”

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