"Somehow I don't notice and don't feel the beauty of nature when I'm in town the way I do when I'm in Crnotina. In Crnotina it smells good, it caresses me, it calls me into its embrace."
p. 5

"What on earth is happening and why? God, is it possible that there's a war going on down there? Dubrovnik is being destroyed, people are dying. Sad but true."
p. 14

"Terrible reports and pictures are coming in from all over. Mommy and Daddy won't let me watch TV when the news is on, but you can't hide all the bad things that are happening from us children."
pp. 28-29

"I keep thinking about the [peace] march I joined today. It's bigger and stronger than war. That's why it will win. The people must be the ones to win, not the war, because war has nothing to do with humanity. War...