They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it … - Ivo Andric

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If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy.

Ivo Andric

They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'.

Bridges, Entered, Lasted, Philosophy, Town, Towns

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Between the fear that something would happen and the hope that still it wouldn't, there is much more space than one thinks. On that narrow, hard, bare and dark space a lot of us spend their lives.

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Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than houses, more sacred than shrines. Belonging to everyone and being equal to everyone, useful, always built with a sense, on the spot where most human needs are crossing, they are more durable than other buildings and they do not serve for anything secret or bad.

Bridges, Buildings, Everything, Eye, Men, Spot

What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.

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One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.

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To be a man, to have been born without knowing it or wanting it, to be thrown into the ocean of existence, to be obliged to swim, to exist; to have an identity; to resist the pressure and shocks from the outside and the unforeseen and unforeseeable acts - one's own and those of others - which so often exceed one's capacities? And what is more, to endure one's own thoughts about all this: in a word, to be human.

Knowing, Man, Men, Ocean, Wanting

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