Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Bohemia is an elusive concept that you cannot truly belong to once you try to define it.
- In plain terms
- Bohemia moves away as soon as you try to join it.
- What can you take from it?
- Some lifestyles resist being categorized.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does it mean to belong?
- Can you define a free spirit?
Another view
It romanticizes the idea of a non-mainstream lifestyle.
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