Dostoevsky went to the gulags, Kafka's father hated him.
maybe this is the reason why modern literature seems so mediocre in comparison, its writers have not suffered as much
and cookers really seem like magicians. putting stuff in specific amounts, without ever needing to use a scale. I kinda want to do it, but I'm broke, so....
It's really how that is in america? Here in brazil, there's "ficar", literallly translated to "stay" (where you are like in a trial period) and "namorar" that would be like dating normally, where you are a formed exclusive couple.