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He could find no answer, except life’s usual answer to the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: live in the needs of the day, that is, find forgetfulness.
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“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers
but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.”
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but to be fearless in facing them.
Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain
but for the heart to conquer it.
Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield
but to my own strength.
Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved
but hope for the patience to win my freedom.
Grant that I may not be a coward,
feeling your mercy in my success alone;
But let me find the grasp of your hand in my failure.”
―
“No es solamente necesidad de ternura sino también necesidad de ser tierno
para el otro: nos encerramos en una bondad mutua, nos materializamos
mutuamente; volvemos a la raíz de toda relación, allí donde necesidad y deseo se
juntan. El gesto tierno dice: pídeme lo que sea que pueda aplacar tu cuerpo, pero
tampoco olvides que te deseo un poco, ligeramente, sin querer tomar nada
enseguida.”
―
para el otro: nos encerramos en una bondad mutua, nos materializamos
mutuamente; volvemos a la raíz de toda relación, allí donde necesidad y deseo se
juntan. El gesto tierno dice: pídeme lo que sea que pueda aplacar tu cuerpo, pero
tampoco olvides que te deseo un poco, ligeramente, sin querer tomar nada
enseguida.”
―
“If a mother was Sacrifice personified, then a daughter was Guilt, with no possibility of redress.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“no no its no use jo, jo we gotta have it out I have loved you ever since I’ve known you jo I couldn’t help it, and and I tried to show you and you wouldn’t let me and I must make you here now and give me an answer because I cannot go on like this any longer, I gave up billiards I gave up everything you didn’t like I’m happy I did it’s fine and I waited and I never complained because I you know I figured you’d love me jo and I realised im not half good enough and im not this great man and”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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