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“I have done it," she says. At first I do not understand. But then I see the tomb, and the marks she has made on the stone. A C H I L L E S, it reads. And beside it, P A T R O C L U S.
"Go," she says. "He waits for you."
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― The Song of Achilles
"Go," she says. "He waits for you."
In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.”
― The Song of Achilles
“Although we know the end of the maze holds death (and it is something I have not always known--not long ago the adolescent in me thought death could happen only to other people), I see now that the path I choose through that maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being--one of many ways--and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Peopleare sometimes largely powerless, politically, or even psychologically (because we are not flexible, but are indeed brainwashed, or in the grip of strange obsessions that we cannot shake). When we are powerless, fatalism may be a natural frame of mind into which to relapse. If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma, are sometimes consoling.”
― Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
― Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
“We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“На щастя, я знаю досить про процеси, які відбуваються в людському розумі, що надто не перейматися цією невдачею. Замість запанікувати й усе покинути (або, що навіть гірше, напружено шукати відповідей, які не приходять), я тимчасово відвернув свій розум від головної проблеми й дав їй спокій. Я дійшов так далеко, як міг, на рівні свідомості й перевів усі запитання на таємничий нижчий рівень. Це одна з непоясненних речей, як усе, чого я навчився, й увесь досвід, якого я набув, найдоцільніше застосувати до розв'язання моєї проблеми. Якщо я докладатиму надто багато зусиль, то це лише заморозить речі. Як багато проблем залишилися нерозв'язаними тому, що люди не знали, як до них підступитися, й мали надто багато віри в творчий процес і в себе, щоб мобілізувати весь свій розум над їхнім розв'язанням?”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
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