“When following God, Zero we never find.”
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Dejan Stojanovic was born in Pec, Kosovo (the former Yugoslavia), in 1959. Although a lawyer by education, he has never practiced law and instead became a journalist, working as a foreign correspondent in the early nineties. He is a poet, essayist, philosopher, and businessman. He has published books of poems: *Circling (Krugovanje)*, Narodna knjiga – Alfa, Belgrade, three editions – 1993, 1998, and 2000. *The Sun Observes Itself (Sunce sebe gleda)*, NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999. *The Sign and its Children (Znak i njegova deca),* Prosveta, Belgrade, 2000. *The Creator (Tvoritelj),* Narodna knjiga, Belgrade, 2000. *The Shape (Oblik),* Gramatik, Podgorica, 2000. *The Dance of Time (Ples vremena),* Konras, Belgrade, 2007. Pentalogy: *The World in Nowherness (Svet u nigdini):* *1. Ozar (Ozar),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *2. The World and God (Svet i Bog),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *3. The World in Nowhereness (Svet u nigdini),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, 2017. *4. The World and Humans (Svet i ljudi),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *5. The Home of Light (Dom svetlosti).* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *The Hidden Light (Skrivena svetlost),* Čigoja, Belgrade, 2018. *Primordial Spark (Iskra iskona),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021. *Centuries and Steps (Vekovi i koraci),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2023. Essays: *Creator and Creating (Stvaralac i stvaranje),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021. *The New Man and the New World (Novočovek i novosvet),* Rad, Belgrade, 2022. *Anthology: Selected Serbian Plays (Izabrane srpske drame),* USA, 2016. A book of his selected interviews entitled *Conversations* was published in 1999 by NIP *Književna reč*, Belgrade, and was awarded the Rastko Petrović Prize by the Serbian Heritage Foundation and the Association of Writers of Serbia for intellectual engagement. The book included interviews with several major American writers, including Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, Charles Simic, and Steve Tesic. In 1986, as a young writer, he was recognized among 200 writers at the Bor (former Yugoslavia) Literary Festival. In addition to poetry and prose, he has worked as a journalist for the Serbian weekly magazine *Pogledi (Views)*.
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“When following God, Zero we never find.”
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“The world is God's salvation.”
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“Nature is an outcry, unpolished truth; the art—a euphemism—tamed wilderness.”
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“In the essence of truth lies deceit.”
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“In a myriad of ways you tell one truth.”
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“My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world.”
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“To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.”
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“I am the shore and the ocean, awaiting myself on both sides.”
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“I visited many places, Some of them quite Exotic and far away, But I always returned to myself.”
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“Wherever I go, I meet myself.”
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“Use the wings of the flying Universe, Dream with open eyes; See in darkness.”
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“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
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“You are not what you are; You are darkness Looking for light within.”
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“One hand I extend into myself, the other toward others.”
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“The most complicated skill is to be simple.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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“Trying too hard to be too good, even when trying to be bad, is too good for the bad, too bad for the good.”
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“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”
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