- "Life Is Beautiful" despite its "Intolerable Cruelty".

- "Life Stinks", but "Life Is Sweet" as well!

- "Lust for Life" gives you "Wings" when you think there is "No Way Out".

- No need to "Rush", "Heaven Can Wait"!

- You walk on "Sunset Boulevard", see "The Eclipse" but "There's Always Tomorrow"!

- "Life is a Long Day's Journey Into Night", which starts with "The Dawning" and ends with "The Last Sunset".

- To the careful ones "Life Is a Long Quiet River" but to the carefree ones who are always "Young at Heart", life is "The Wild Party" - "La Dolce Vita", filled with "Days of Wine and Roses".

- From the "Age of Innocence", through "Changing Times" to "The Best Years of Our Lives" and the "Climax" we often feel "Dazed and Confused", "Bedazzled" or "Lost and Delirious" because "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" we are living in. Still, "It's a Wonderful World"!

- It seems that "From Here to Eternity" only "Money Talks".

- Constant "Greed" makes you think that the "World Is Not Enough". The "Hunger" for "Wealth" leads you into "The Money Trap", always searching for "A Fistful of Dollars" and "For a Few Dollars More", until you realize, at the very end, that "You Can't Take It with You".

- You try to get "All the Money in the World" and "The Best Of Everything" but actually you "Can't Win 'Em All" and can't have "Everything Everywhere All at Once".

-You learn, often too late, that "The Best Things in Life Are Free".

- "Love Don't Cost a Thing", only brings you "Heartaches".

- "Shadow of a Doubt" follows you through life, while trying to choose between "Money Money Money" and "Love Actually".

- Life in the "Modern Times" pushes you to "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" and become "Almost Famous".

- In pursuit of "Happiness" and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" sometimes you take "Short Cuts" and "Sideways".

- "Lost Souls" travel on "Lost Higway" looking for "Lost Horizon".

- Living on the "Wild Side", somewhere "Between Heaven and Hell", "The Addiction" causes "Afliction" and leads you into "The Abyss" of "Despair".

- "The Asphalt Jungle" is the "Urbania" where you walk on "Mean Streets" of "Sin City", find "Reservoir Dogs", hear "Cries and Whispers" and have "Appointment with Danger".

- "Desperate Hours" bring "Desperate Measures".

- We are "Children of Paradise" with endless cycle of "Life and Death" and "War and Peace".

- Driven by "Basic Instinct" you try to "Beat the Devil" on the "Nightmare Alley" and to stay out of the "Big Trouble", avoiding any "Crime and Punishment" and seeking "Redemption" through "Atonement" for "A Sinful Life".

- Finding the "Truth" "...And Justice for All" is the "Mission: Impossible"!

- Throughout life, you experience "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and see "Beauty and the Beast".

- Life teaches you "The Art of Love" and "The Art of War" at the same time.

- While "Chasing Dreams", full of "Desire" and caught up in a "Web of Passion", you go through "The Agony and the Ecstasy", become "Breathless" and get "Blown Away", feel "The Big Chill", fall into a "Whirlpool" and "Pandemonium", following "The Colour of Money" and "Scent of a Woman".

- Life is "The Lottery" with a "Female" as "The Winning Ticket".

- On the "Road" to a "Brief Encounter" with the "Glory" you meet the "Beautiful Dreamers" and "Artists and Models".

- As "A Complete Unknown" you crave for "Sweet Smell of Success" and "Stardom".

- When you are "Young and Reckless" you act as a "Rebel Without a Cause", join the "Underground", run "Against the Wind" and go "Against All Odds".

- As "Young and Innocent" you are "The Idealist" and true "Believer", but with age, when you become "The Lion in Winter" who lost "Enthusiasm" you feel that you mostly lived "True Lies" and "Pulp Fiction".

- In spite of "The Best intentions" life doesn't turn into "Another Day in Paradise" and "La Vie en Rose".

- With the passage of years, "The Sound of Music" turns usually into "Autumn Sonata" and a "Requiem for a Dream".

- When you enter "The Final Season", sail the "River of No Return", start "The Last Voyage", approach the "Final Destination" and walk "The Last Mile" you begin seriosly thinking about "...The Meaning of Life".

- Before everything is "Gone with the Wind" you finally figure out that life is just "The Grand illusion". Yet, "It's Wonderful Life", isn't it!?

Bojan Ž. Bosiljčić
01. januar 2025.