The most appropriate type of daily life for me was a day-by-day world destruction; peace was the most difficult and abnormal state to live in.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker sees daily life as a continuous destruction, finding peace difficult and abnormal.
- In plain terms
- They feel life is about destroying things, and peace feels strange.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize when you romantic turmoil as a habit.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does 'world destruction' mean to you?
- How can peace become normal?
Another view
The statement is hyperbolic and may not reflect everyday experience.
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