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Simone de Beauvoir
“The curse which lies upon marriage is that too often the individuals are joined in their weakness rather than in their strength, each asking from the other instead of finding pleasure in giving. It is even more deceptive to dream of gaining through the child a plenitude, a warmth, a value, which one is unable to create for oneself; the child brings joy only to the woman who is capable of disinterestedly desiring the happiness of another, to one who without being wrapped up in self seeks to transcend her own existence.”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex

Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“I take her as God made her, and as men Must fail to unmake her, for my honoured wife.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Stefan Zweig
“Mr. Zweig always encouraged his friends to set down their reminiscences, not necessarily for publication but for the pleasure and benefit of their children, their families. In his opinion every life includes inner or external experiences worthy of record.”
Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday

Stefan Zweig
“For tradition also and always means inhibition.”
Stefan Zweig, The World of Yesterday

“As one refugee, Amila, from Gradačac, commented 20 years later: “The most important part of being a refugee is being a good loser; it’s the only way to survive this. You learn to lose your nationality, your home to strangers with bigger guns, your father to mental illness, one aunt to genocide, and another to nationalism and ignorance. You learn to lose your kids, friends, dreams, neighbours, loves, diplomas, careers, photo albums, home movies, schools, museums, histories, landmarks, limbs, teeth, eyesight, sense of safety, sanity, and your sense of belonging in the world”.”
John Farebrother, The Damned Balkans: A Refugee Road Trip

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