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We had not faced our racial history and could not tell the truth about our racial present, yet growing numbers of Americans wanted to elect a black president and leap into a “colorblind” future, a place where rhetoric of “hope and change”
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“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Why don't you ever use your strength on me?" she said.
Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Because love means renouncing strength," said Franz softly.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which is deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Einmal ist keinmal, says Tomas to himself. What happens but once, says the German adage, might as well not have happened at all. If we have only one life to live, we might as well not have lived at all.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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