“Suddenly, unexpectedly, someone is using the ugly powers of war, which horrify me, to try to pull and drag me away from the shores of peace, from the happiness of wonderful friendships, playing and love. I feel like a swimmer… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“…young people without arms and legs. They’re the ones who had the fortune or perhaps the misfortune to survive.” — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“War is no joke, it seems. It destroys, kills, burns, separates, brings unhappiness.” — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, I have realized that we cannot completely erase all the evil from the world, but we can change the way we deal with… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“I keep thinking about the march I joined today. It's bigger and stronger than war. That's why it will win. The people must be… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
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… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share
My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of was ready… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
War has crossed out the day and replaced it with horror, and now horrors are unfolding instead of days. — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
...choose to deal with inhumane situations in a humane way, we can turn the world around and create positive lessons for ourselves and for… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
It looks to me as though these politics mean Serbs, Croats and Muslims. But they are all people. They are all the same. They… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“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… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil of war,… — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
