Olivera

“satkah te noćas od sitne usamljenosti
dadoh ti ime i prekrih te bojom
u tebe odjenuh svu drskost mladosti
i sjenu ti dadoh, i nazvah te svojom
ni časak stvarnosti u tvom postojanju
ni jedna požuda spuštena uz tijelo
ničeg što misao tjera nedostajanju
ni dašak smrtnosti, ni sjećanje bijelo
tobom sagradih sve moje ludosti
neuhvatnu čežnju i dalekost sreće
sakrih postojanje od svijeta vanjskosti
i jedan život nekuda kreće”
― Adis Ahmethodžić

“Uvijek čovjek ima malo mogućnosti za izbor. Uglavnom dvije, da strada časno ili nečasno. Ja sam častan čovjek i izabrao sam ovu drugu. Najgore što smo slobodni da biramo, a mislimo da nismo. Bolje bi bilo da nismo.”
― Meša Selimović, Djevojka crvene kose

“Ima stvari koje se moraju učiniti, ali je još više stvari sa kojima se moramo pomiriti.”
― Meša Selimović, Djevojka crvene kose

“there are so many turquoise bodies of water left for us to dive in. there is family. blood or chosen. the possibility of falling in love. with people and places. hills high as the moon. valleys that roll into new worlds. and road trips. i find it deeply important to accept that we are not the masters of this place. we are her visitors. and like guests let’s enjoy this place like a garden. let us treat it with a gentle hand. so the ones after us can experience it too. let’s find our own sun. grow our own flowers. the universe delivered us with the light and the seeds. we might not hear it at times but the music is always on. it just needs to be turned louder. for as long as there is breath in our lungs — we must keep dancing.”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers