Night Train to Lisbon.

pro beata vita.|2013년 8월 13일
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Night Train to Lisbon.

Night Train to Lisbon.

pro beata vita.|2013년 8월 13일

... Given that we live only a small part of what there is in us - what happens with the rest? ... We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place, we stay there, even though we go away. And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. ... SILENT NOBILITY. It is a mistake to believe that the crucial moments of a life when its habitual direction change

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pro beata vita.|2016년 12월 29일

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The Man Who Knew Infinity.

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pro beata vita.|2016년 11월 12일

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