Dushica Labovich

“− The world is an everlasting change in motion, in which what you knew yesterday can become an illusion in one moment. ‒ The old man moved a few steps away, folded his hands behind his back, and turned to the boy again. ‒ Having said that, there is one unique chance to find out all about the world. But there is a specific condition for that.
− What is it?
− You must become a wind!”
― Dushica Labovich, Secret of a Bridge

“Near a stone house, bleached and weathered from salt and the sun, stood an old abandoned school. At its foot, before the house and the school, a rolling vineyard spread out. The boy walked through the vineyard every day on his way back from the school. That day, when Antonio ran to his father, not suspecting the upheaval in his young life, he’d learned from the village teacher about the crusades, religion, ethnicity, and some wicked people, as his classmate had called them. The little boy ran, full of questions, and shouted from a distance:
− Father, I’m happy that we live in Sicily!
− Why, my son?
− We have no wars, no fighting, and if someone attacks us, we have many dangerous people who will protect us from all evils!
Aldo took a long stick with a cloth on top, which he used to cool the fruits in the vineyard, turned it on end and drew two circles in the dry soil. He drew a flower in one circle and a sword in the other. Looking at the boy, he asked:
− These are the heads of two rivals. Which adversary is good and which is evil?
− I don’t know ‒ the little boy replied, knowing that his father was presenting him with a new riddle.
− Both opponents are good. One knows his power and the other doesn’t.
− But how can a good adversary wield a sword?
− One day you’ll understand.”
― Dushica Labovich, Secret of a Bridge

“− You have nothing to fear from time and freedom. They are incompatible, and things that are incompatible cancel each other out. If you count the time, you are without freedom, if you are free, time no longer exists.”
― Dushica Labovich, Secret of a Bridge

“− Life is a bridge, build it inside yourself. But before you take a step, lay the foundations for the first supporting pillar, and when you’ve crossed it, lay foundations for the remaining pillars so that others can walk on that bridge!”
― Dushica Labovich, Secret of a Bridge