“…young people without arms and legs. They’re the ones who had the fortune or perhaps the misfortune to survive.” — Zlata Filipović Wealth Copy Share Image
“War is no joke, it seems. It destroys, kills, burns, separates, brings unhappiness.” — Zlata Filipović Sadness 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… — Zlata Filipović Deals 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… — Zlata Filipović Humanity 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… — Zlata Filipović Bird Copy Share Image
My diary became more than a place to record daily events. It became a friend, the paper that it was made of… — Zlata Filipović Accepting Copy Share Image
War has crossed out the day and replaced it with horror, and now horrors are unfolding instead of days. — Zlata Filipović Horror 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… — Zlata Filipović Deals 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… — Zlata Filipović Arms 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… — Zlata Filipović Animals Copy Share Image
“It (politician) wants to separate them. And to do so it has chosen the worst, blackest pencil of all - the pencil… — Zlata Filipović Death Copy Share Image
“It’s as if Sarajevo is slowly dying, disappearing. Life is disappearing. So how can I feel spring, when spring is something that… — Zlata Filipović Death Copy Share Image
“Some people compare me with Anne Frank. That frightens me, Mimmy. I don’t want to suffer her fate.” — Zlata Filipović Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, unexpectedly, someone is using the ugly powers of war, which horrify me, to try to pull and drag me away from… — Zlata Filipović Childhood Copy Share Image