Literature Quotes Quotes (610 quotes)

“My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: dejan-stojanovic, feelings, literature, literature-quotes, loud, poetry-quotes, quotes, shy, shyness, thoughts, wisdom, words, world

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“To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: crying, dejan-stojanovic, dignity, feelings, hide, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, secret, thoughts, wisdom

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“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape

tags: dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, ocean, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, shore, thoughts, wisdom

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

tags: beautiful, beauty, dejan-stojanovic, express, expression, feel, feelings, literature, literature-quotes, love, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, thoughts, wisdom

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“Use the wings of the flying Universe,
Dream with open eyes;
See in darkness.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: darkness, dejan-stojanovic, dreams, flying, literature, literature-quotes, open-eyes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, see, thoughts, wings, wisdom

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“The most complicated skill is to be simple.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: complicated, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, simple, skill, thoughts, wisdom

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“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: alphabet, another, dejan-stojanovic, leaf, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, river, rivers, shimmering, singing, sky, thoughts, whispering, wisdom

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“I visited many places,
Some of them quite
Exotic and far away,
But I always returned to myself.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: always, dejan-stojanovic, far-away, literature, literature-quotes, myself, places, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, returning, thoughts, visits, wisdom

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“Wherever I go, I meet myself.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape

tags: dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, myself, myself-quatation, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, run, thoughts, wisdom

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“You can’t save anyone who wouldn’t save themselves without you. It’s the hardest lesson to learn in life, take it from me.
- p. 47, The Brothers Silver”
― Marc Jampole, The Brothers Silver

tags: common-sense, literary-quote, literature-quotes, philosophical, sad-but-true, saving-souls, saving-the-world, self-awareness

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“Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: alone, books, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, the-sun-watches-the-sun, war, wars, wisdom, yourself

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“To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: child, chivalry, dejan-stojanovic, life, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, risk-life, secret, smile, thoughts, wisdom, woman

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“A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: books, breeze, dejan-stojanovic, forgotten, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, smile, store, summer, the-sun-watches-the-sun, window, wisdom

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“You are not what you are;
You are darkness
Looking for light within.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, Circling: 1978-1987

tags: circling, darkness, dejan-stojanovic, light, light-within, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, thoughts, wisdom, you

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“we must bring
our own light
to the
darkness.”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: darkness, journal, light, literature-quotes, poetry

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“Since there is no real silence,
Silence will contain all the sounds,
All the words, all the languages,
All knowledge, all memory.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: dejan-stojanovic, knowledge, languages, literature, literature-quotes, memory, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, real, silence, sounds, thoughts, wisdom, words

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“Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: books, comfort, deceit, deceive, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, say, the-sun-watches-the-sun, wisdom, you

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“One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Shape

tags: dejan-stojanovic, hand, hands, literature, literature-quotes, myself, others, poems, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, thoughts, wisdom

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“There was an inevitability about the road towards each other which encouraged meandering along the route.”
― Zadie Smith, NW

tags: literature-quotes

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“The deeper thought is, the taller it becomes.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: books, deep-thoughts, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, the-sun-watches-the-sun, thought, thoughts, wisdom

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“They blossomed, they did not talk about blossoming.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: blossom, blossoming, books, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, talking, the-sun-watches-the-sun, wisdom

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“Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success
We forget the easiness of free beauty
Lying sad right around the corner,
Only an instant removed,
Unnoticed and squandered.”
― Dejan Stojanovic

tags: beauty, busy, corner, dejan-stojanovic, expensive, free, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, squander, squandering, success, thoughts, ugliness, wisdom

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“Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: deeds, dejan-stojanovic, eternity, fame, knighthood, knights, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, the-sun-watches-the-sun

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“Everybody talks, but there is no conversation.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: conversation, conversations, dejan-stojanovic, everybody, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, talking, the-sun-watches-the-sun

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“In every sound, the hidden silence sleeps.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Creator

tags: dejan-stojanovic, hidden, literature, literature-quotes, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, silence, sleep, sound, sounds, the-creator, thoughts, wisdom

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“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sign and Its Children

tags: both, dejan-stojanovic, literature, literature-quotes, nothing, outside, poetry, poetry-quotes, quotes, quotes-to-live-by, sides, something, the-sign-and-its-children, thoughts, through, way, wisdom

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“We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: dejan-stojanovic, forget, forgetting, literature, literature-quotes, old-stories, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, same, stories, the-sun-watches-the-sun, wisdom

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“Literary prizes have always sparked controversy. Their validity has always been questioned as the criteria to determine books merits are subjective.”
― Mouloud Benzadi

tags: awards, book-awards, celebrity-quotes, fame-quotes, famous-quotes, literary-prizes, literature-quotes, novel, prize-quotes, renown

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“Life is only a flicker of melted ice.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: dejan-stojanovic, flicker, ice, life, literature, literature-quotes, melting, only, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, the-sun-watches-the-sun

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“Get close to grass and you’ll see a star.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, The Sun Watches the Sun

tags: dejan-stojanovic, grass, literature, literature-quotes, philosophy, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quotes, star, stars, the-sun-watches-the-sun

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