“Without nothing, everything would be nothing.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
Quotes from bookThe Sign and Its Children
The Sign and Its Children is a collection of poetry by the Serbian-American poet Dejan Stojanović . The book contains 43 poems in five sequences: "The Supreme Sign," "The Sign and Nothing," "Sign Face," "A Word and a Sign," and "The Sign and the Dream."
“To sense the peace of extinguished passion, happiness in not knowing the ultimate knowledge.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"The Over-Sky Sign," p. 5
The Sign and Its Children (2000)
“Nothing is part of everything.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“When he is most powerful, nothing does he become.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"Wardens of Peace," p. 21
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“From everything, nothing looks to nothing.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“If emptiness is endless, then everything rests in emptiness.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"The Sign and Emptiness," p. 9
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Supreme Sign”
“Every star was once darker than the night, before it awoke.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"Earth and Light," p. 57
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and the Dream”
“If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it?”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"The Sign and Emptiness," p. 9
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Supreme Sign”
“Earth is the source of light.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"Earth and Light," p. 57
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and the Dream”
“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"Zero and Sign," p. 23
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“When everything hurries everywhere, nothing goes anywhere.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"Sign and Speed," p. 19
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“From nothing comes everything.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"While the Sign Sleeps," p. 17
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “The Sign and Nothing”
“Digressions are part of harmony, deviations too.”
Dejan Stojanovic book The Sign and Its Children
"The Eye of a Sign," p. 43
The Sign and Its Children (2000), Sequence: “A Word and a Sign”
