“Freedom is not a measure of grain to be placed on the scale, but the falcon that soars above the field of Sinj.”

—  Vinko Vrbanić

Furmani-Sokolov let, 2011, short story Hajduk Ivo
Freedom

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Sloboda nije mjera žita da se na kantar stavlja, već onaj soko što leti iznad Polja Sinjskog.

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