Quote by Ivo Andrić: “Love, like a river, will cut a new path whenever it meets an obstacle.”

Andrić beautifully likens love to a flowing river, emphasizing its persistent and adaptable nature. This suggests that genuine love possesses an inherent strength and creativity, always finding a way around or through challenges, rather than being stopped by them.

From *The Bridge on the Drina*, a novel exploring the enduring human spirit through generations of conflict and change. This poetic observation speaks to the power of human connection amidst historical currents.

Bosnian-Yugoslav novelist and diplomat who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961, the only author from the former Yugoslavia to do so. His novel The Bridge on the Drina is an epic spanning four centuries of life in Bosnia. His work explored the long history of conflict and coexistence between the peoples of the Balkans.