Vanja Šušnjar Čanković
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“In a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you.”
― A Moveable Feast
― A Moveable Feast
“You would think, wouldn’t you, that if you were the child
of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better than
average marriage yourself – either through some genetic
inheritance or because you’d learnt from example? But it
doesn’t seem to work like that. So perhaps you need the
opposite example – to see mistakes in order not to make
them yourself. Except this would mean that the best way for
parents to ensure their children have happy marriages
would be to have unhappy ones themselves. So what’s the
answer?”
― Pulse
of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better than
average marriage yourself – either through some genetic
inheritance or because you’d learnt from example? But it
doesn’t seem to work like that. So perhaps you need the
opposite example – to see mistakes in order not to make
them yourself. Except this would mean that the best way for
parents to ensure their children have happy marriages
would be to have unhappy ones themselves. So what’s the
answer?”
― Pulse
“You said they had found the secret of happiness because they had never heard that love can be a sin.”
― Mourning Becomes Electra
― Mourning Becomes Electra
“To overcome the need to be productive, as a lot of productivity is destructive.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“Everything beautiful has a dark side, and some of us must dwell there, so that others can laugh in the light.”
― Last Argument of Kings
― Last Argument of Kings
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