Обича начина,по който горещата вода блика от земята подобно на геотермално злато. Обича начина, по който хората те канят на кафе без специален повод и могат да разговарят с теб в продължение на часове за всичко и за нищо специално. Обича начина, по който с любов наричат страната си "Леденото кубче". Обича факта,че без да полага никакви усилия, вече се е запознал с трима депутати от парламента. Обича начина, по който в кристалните зимни дни снегът хруска под краката ти като божествен стиропор. Обича хоровете, които пеят по тротоарите на главната търговска улица през декември, и гласовете им-силни и лъчисти, възпират нощта. Обича начина,по който петгодишните деца спокойно ходят сами на училище в мрака преди зазоряване. Обича вълшебното, неземно чувство, че плува насред снежната буря. Обича това, че когато колата ти затъне в снега, винаги някой ще спре, за да ти помогне. Обича начина,по който исландците ръкопляскат бурно, когато самолетът им каца на международното летище в Кефлавик просто защото са щастливи,че се завръщат у дома. Обича начина, по който исландците съумяват да бъдат изключително горди, но без следа от арогантност. И, да, той обича - не просто понася, - активно обича мрака.

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Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the places are what remain, are what you can possess, are what is immortal.

Eric Weiner

Mots clés happiness love travel

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The word "utopia" has two meanings. It means both "good place" and "nowhere". That's the way it should be. The happiest places, I think, are the ones that reside just this side of paradise. The perfect person would be insufferable to live with; likewise, we wouldn't want to live in the perfect place, either. "A life time of happiness! No man could bear it: It would be hell on earth," wrote George Bernard Shaw, in his play Man and Superman.

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Happiness is not a noun or a verb. It's a conjunction. Connective tissue.

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I read, and underline, anything I can get my hands on, but I have a particular weakness for self-help books. I love these books, though I dislike the term "self-help." For one thing, it's not accurate. You're not helping yourself. The person who wrote the book is helping you. The only book that can accurately be called self-help is the one you write yourself. The other problem, of course, with self-help books is that they broadcast weakness, and thus invite judgement. That's why my wife insists I keep my sizable collection hidden in the basement, lest dinner guests suspect she is married to a self in need of help.

Eric Weiner

Mots clés books self-help

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Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.

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Mots clés belief god religion

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A mystery is not a puzzle waiting to be solved, but rather something for which there is no human solution. Mystery's offspring is not frustration but awe, and that sense of awe grows in tandem with knowledge.

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Mots clés knowledge religion mystery awe

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The act of underlining always contains an element of self-recognition.

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Mots clés books self

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Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

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Religion is like a knife. If you use it the wrong way you can cut yourself.

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