Status Updates From Il grande Meaulnes (Italian...

The things that make up the happiness of other people seemed ludicrous to me. And when, one day, quite sincerely and deliberately, I decided to behave as others do, that day I stored up enough remorse to last a long time

An odd thing: mixed in with this sense of boredom and desolation, there was almost a feeling of freedom. Now that Meaulnes had gone, now that the whole adventure was over and a failure, I felt at least free of a strange preoccupation, of that mysterious obsession preventing me from behaving like everyone else

Il grande Nonsense...ehm, Meaulnes.