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“Ali osjećaj konačnog odlaska je sličan, iako ovaj put svjesniji: opraštanje od ulica ovog grada, otkidanje od nečeg što sam mislio da ima veze samnom, očekivanje nečeg novog, neizvjesnost, želja da sve ovo svrši, da se riješiš kostiju, kože, dlaka na prsima, da te prevelike oči ispadnu iz duplji, želja da zaboraviš očajničku potrebu za ljubavlju, tu prokletu glad za ljubavlju što uništava, ljubavlju koja košta i zahtijeva više nego što tvoja misao može i naslutiti i koja ti na kraju skrši kralježnicu. A i opet, ako nisi spreman za tu i takvu ljubav, ne vrijedi ti ni živjeti.”
― Bekim Sejranović, Nigdje, niotkuda

“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”
― rabindranath tagore

“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. ”
― Maya Angelou

“Die slowly

He who becomes the slave of habit,
who follows the same routes every day,
who never changes pace,
who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,
who does not speak and does not experience,
dies slowly.

He or she who shuns passion,
who prefers black on white,
dotting ones "it’s" rather than a bundle of emotions, the kind that make your eyes glimmer,
that turn a yawn into a smile,
that make the heart pound in the face of mistakes and feelings,
dies slowly.

He or she who does not turn things topsy-turvy,
who is unhappy at work,
who does not risk certainty for uncertainty,
to thus follow a dream,
those who do not forego sound advice at least once in their lives,
die slowly.

He who does not travel, who does not read,
who does not listen to music,
who does not find grace in himself,
she who does not find grace in herself,
dies slowly.

He who slowly destroys his own self-esteem,
who does not allow himself to be helped,
who spends days on end complaining about his own bad luck, about the rain that never stops,
dies slowly.

He or she who abandon a project before starting it, who fail to ask questions on subjects he doesn't know, he or she who don't reply when they are asked something they do know,
die slowly.

Let's try and avoid death in small doses,
reminding oneself that being alive requires an effort far greater than the simple fact of breathing.

Only a burning patience will lead
to the attainment of a splendid happiness.”
― Martha Medeiros