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We don’t know anything about silent sages, buried knowledge, the eye of the mute poet, serene seers, yet how many talkative destroyers, prophets and ideologues, teachers and beautifiers there are on the other side.

— Dejan Stojanovic The Shape (2000)

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A hidden spark of the dream sleeps in the forest and waits in the celestial spheres of the brain.

Circling: 1978-1987 (1993)

There are countless circles of hell; believers never penetrate the ninth circle.

The Sun Watches the Sun (1999)

Burning the witch Giordano Bruno is one more wound inflicted on Christ’s body.

The Sun Watches the Sun (1999)

Serious affairs and history are carefully laid snares for the uninformed.

The Sun Watches the Sun (1999)

The world cannot be translated; it can only be dreamed of and touched.

The Creator (2000)

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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.

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