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“Mir koji donosi pomirenje s onim što je čovjeka zadesilo, a u kojem uspijeva shvatiti da odjednom ništa više nije važno kao spokoj, jer sve što je imalo smisla ranije, u nečemu i nekome drugom, najednom je transformirano u utočište koje smo samima sebi, ako smo do sebe uspjeli doprijeti.”

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Istina o sreći

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