Dejan Stojanović quotes
1959 – · Yugoslavia/Serbia, 20th–21st century · poet, essayist, writer, philosopher, businessman, former journalist
About Dejan Stojanović
Born 11 March 1959 in Peć (now Peja, Kosovo), he studied law at the University of Pristina but pursued careers in journalism, literature and business. Active in both Serbia and the United States, his poetry and essays weave metaphysical questions about language, time, consciousness and the nature of reality.
Works: Circling; The Sign and Its Children; The Creator; The Shape; The Sun Watches the Sun; The World and the Word
Quotes
“Everything seems impossible And everything seems possible.”
Source: Possibility (opening of the poem), presented on the author's official website, no date · Check the source
Verified attributionWhat we know
- What is documented
- The couplet appears in this exact form as the opening of the poem "Possibility" on Dejan Stojanović's official website.
- What remains uncertain
- No firm record was found of the poem's first printed publication or an original date of appearance.
The two-line couplet captures how our outlook shapes reality: the same world can feel utterly closed or freshly open. Printed as the opening of the poem "Possibility" on Stojanović's site, the lines hinge on "seems"—possibility is shown as an attitude and a decision, not a promise.