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Quote by Steven Galloway

“I will not live in a city where dead bodies lie abandoned in the streets, and you will not tell the world I do.”

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Steven Galloway is a Canadian novelist born on July 13, 1975. He is best known for his internationally acclaimed novel "The Cellist of Sarajevo" (2008), which has been translated into over twenty languages. His other works include "The Daughter of the Sea," "The Sailor," and "The Ruins." Galloway previously served as director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of British Columbia and has taught at several universities. He currently lives in Vancouver, focusing on literary writing. more

“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”

žIvot Poezija Ljubav Sarajevo Sakrivena Pjesma

Author:Adis Ahmethodžić

“Nikad neću zaboraviti teški miris baruta na tom prelijepom proljetnom danu i taj kontrast između prelijepog vremena, prirode i proljeća s jedne strane, i ratnog užasa s druge strane. Koliko nam tako lijepih dana duguju! Elma Tataragic”

Rat Sarajevo Devedesete

Book:2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan

Source: 2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan

“Čekamo da netko dođe i da nas izvede odavde. Iz stana koji nije uništen, ali je sablasan. Čekamo treći maj. Kao da čekamo novu godinu. Jer trećeg maja mora biti bolje. Drugačije. Nije bilo. Samo se na kraju, kad smo završile zakucavanje folija kroz prozore nije više vidjelo ništa. I tako četiri godine. Vedrana Seksan”

Sarajevo Bombardiranje Opsada Sarajeva

Book:2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan

Source: 2. Maj 1992. Bio je lijep i sunčan dan

“A friend of mine who is familiar with both my messy relationship history and my recent recovery journey asked me the other day, “So where is the line, exactly, between regular love and love addiction?” To which I could only reply, “I’ve got bad news for you, buddy. Nobody really knows.” It’s the same with all addictions. When does a regular drinker become a heavy drinker? And when does a heavy drinker become a problem drinker? And when does a problem drinker become an alcoholic? And when does an alcoholic become a danger to themself and others? It’s often impossible to know exactly when, how, and why these escalations occur. In the rooms of recovery, this is called “the invisible line”—that shady moment when complete dependency sets in, and the addict is no longer capable of living a manageable or dignified life. The invisibility of that line is a large part of the reason that identifying and treating addiction is so difficult. It’s also why addicts of all varieties are so masterful at denying that they have a problem in the first place, and why they are so good at gaslighting and deceiving their loved ones. But if I had to define the difference between regular love and love addiction, I would say that it has to do with the level of intensity—with the sense of urgency, dependency, and desperation that grows by the day until it becomes an obsession, trailing behind it a wreckage of lies, destruction, and self-abandonment. And once that hungry ghost is awakened, it can never really be sated.”