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A Grief Observed
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"And no one ever told me about the laziness of grief. Except at my job — where the machine seems to run on much as usual — I loathe the slightest effort. Not only writing but even reading a letter is too much. Even shaving. What does it matter now whether my cheek is rough or smooth?" May 23, 2025 12:41AM

 
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When we fall in love, we hope—both egotistically and altruistically—that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell.

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"'Once you have kissed a corpse on the forehead there always remains something on your lips, a distant bitterness, an aftertaste of the void that nothing will efface.'" Apr 24, 2022 07:29AM

 
Cien años de soledad
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Flo Flo said: " A mi me bastaría con estar seguro de que tú y yo existimos en este momento.

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It's enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.



Nov 29, 2021
* Translated to English by Gregory Rabassa (Penguin, 2014)
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"...en una ocasión en que éste explicaba con muchos pormenores el mecanismo del amor, lo interrumpió para preguntarle: "¿Qué se siente?" José Arcadio le dio una respuesta inmediata:
—Es como un temblor de tierra.
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...on one occasion when the latter was explaining in great detail the mechanisms of love, he interrupted him to ask: “What does it feel like?” José Arcadio gave an immediate reply..."
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Oscar Wilde
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”
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J.D. Salinger
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

J.K. Rowling
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
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Aristotle
“Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god.”
Aristotle

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“Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
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