Squi

“And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Forse possiamo cominciare daccapo, in una terra nuova e ricca – in California, dove cresce la frutta. Cominceremo da capo.
Ma noi non possiamo cominciare. Solo i neonati possono cominciare. Tu e io... be', noi siamo quello ch'è stato. La rabbia di un momento, le mille immagini, questo siamo. Questa terra, questa terra rossa, è noi; e gli anni di carestia e gli anni di polvere e gli anni d'inondazione siamo noi. Non possiamo cominciare daccapo. L'amarezza che abbiamo venduto al compratore di scarti... lui se l'è pigliata, certo, ma noi ce l'abbiamo ancora. E quando gli uomini del padrone ci hanno detto di andarcene, questo siamo; e quando il trattore ha buttato giù la nostra casa, questo siamo fino alla morte.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?"
"Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor

“Spontaneously, without any theological training, I, a child, grasped the incompatibility of God and shit and thus came to question the basic thesis of Christian anthropology, namely that man was created in God's image. Either/or: either man was created in God's image - and has intestines! - or God lacks intestines and man is not like him.

The ancient Gnostics felt as I did at the age of five. In the second century, the Great Gnostic master Valentinus resolved the damnable dilemma by claiming that Jesus "ate and drank, but did not defecate."

Shit is a more onerous theological problem than is evil. Since God gave man freedom, we can, if need be, accept the idea that He is not responsible for man's crimes. The responsibility for shit, however, rests entirely with Him, the creator of man.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being