Scars of War

Sarajevo was a temptress, and it was hard to know which was more seductive, the half-mad look in her dark eyes, or the scarlet drops of blood on her extended hand. Temptresses have different allures with which they entice their victims, and the oddest thing about Sarejevo’s allure was that the more ghastly she appeared to the outside world, the more her buildings were destroyed and the more starved her residents looked, the more seductive she was.

- Peter Maass , Love Thy Neighbor, A Story of War