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"Some creatives.. of predominantly schizoid or depressive temperaments.. use their creative capacities in a defensive way. If creative work protects one from mental illness, it is no wonder he pursues it avidly. The schizoid state... is characterised by meaninglessness, futility. For most, interaction with others provides what they require to find significance in life. For the schizoid, however, this isn't the case." — Mar 29, 2019 04:54AM
"Some creatives.. of predominantly schizoid or depressive temperaments.. use their creative capacities in a defensive way. If creative work protects one from mental illness, it is no wonder he pursues it avidly. The schizoid state... is characterised by meaninglessness, futility. For most, interaction with others provides what they require to find significance in life. For the schizoid, however, this isn't the case." — Mar 29, 2019 04:54AM
“If a mark of affection can sometimes be taken for an insult, perhaps the gesture of love is not universal: it too must be translated from one language to another, must be learned.”
― Ru
― Ru
“To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation.”
― The Gift of Rain
― The Gift of Rain
“The palest ink will endure beyond the memories of man”
― The Garden of Evening Mists
― The Garden of Evening Mists
“My parents often remind my brothers and me that they won’t have any money for us to inherit, but I think they’ve already passed on to us the wealth of their memories, allowing us to grasp the beauty of a flowering wisteria, the delicacy of a word, the power of wonder. Even more, they’ve given us feet for walking to our dreams, to infinity. Which may be enough baggage to continue our journey on our own. Otherwise, we would pointlessly clutter our path with possessions to transport, to insure, to take care of.”
― Ru
― Ru
“Elsewhere, people are too preoccupied by their day-to-day survival to take the time to write their collective history.”
― Ru
― Ru
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