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“Kad bi se svi ljudi ugušili u pismima umrlih roditelja i predaka, nikad ne bismo uspeli da živimo sopstvene živote.” quote by Jostein Gaarder — Download Open image

““Kad bi se svi ljudi ugušili u pismima umrlih roditelja i predaka, nikad ne bismo uspeli da živimo sopstvene živote.””

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