Zlata Filipovic Quotes & Sayings

The people must be the ones to win, not the war, because war has nothing to do with humanity. War is something inhuman. — Zlata Filipovic

War is no joke, it seems. It destroys, kills, burns, separates, brings unhappiness. — Zlata Filipovic

It looks to me as though these politics mean Serbs, Croats and Muslims. But they are all people. They are all the same. They all look like people, there's no difference. They all have arms, legs and heads, they walk and talk, but now there's "something" that wants to make them different. — Zlata Filipovic

Unfortunately, I have realized that we cannot completely erase all the evil from the world, but we can change the way we deal with it, we can rise above it and stay strong and true to ourselves. — Zlata Filipovic

War has crossed out the day and replaced it with horror, and now horrors are unfolding instead of days. — Zlata Filipovic

It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil of war, which spells only misery and death. — Zlata Filipovic

Choose to deal with inhumane situations in a humane way, we can turn the world around and create positive lessons for ourselves and for others. — Zlata Filipovic

My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of was ready and willing to accept anything and everything I had to say. — Zlata Filipovic

Boredom!!! Shooting!!! Shelling!!! People being killed!!! Despair!!! Hunger!!! Misery!!! Fear!!! That's my life! The life of an innocent eleven-year-old schoolgirl!! A schoolgirl without a school, without the fun and excitement of school. A child without games, without friends, without the sun, without birds, without nature, without fruit, without chocolate or sweets, with just a little powdered milk. In short, a child without a childhood. — Zlata Filipovic

How you can come to love an animal! She doesn't talk, but she speaks with her eyes, her paws, her meows, and I understand her. — Zlata Filipovic

The sea? What's that? — Zlata Filipovic