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Christina P.
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“I may have come close, but I never had what you had. Something always held me back or stood in the way. How you live your life is your business. But remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once. Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the other the finished version, and then there are all those versions in between. But there's only one, and before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near it. Right now there's sorrow. I don't envy the pain. But I envy you the pain.”
― Call Me by Your Name
― Call Me by Your Name
“Κάποτε υπήρχε ελάχιστο παρόν, όσο ακριβώς χρειαζόταν ώστε να μην ξεχνιέται η μέρα, να μην λυγίζει κάτω από το βάρος των αιώνων. Τότε ήταν συμπαθητικό το παρόν, ήταν ντροπαλό, άκουγε τους μεγαλύτερους του, περίμενε την σειρά του, δεν έβγαζε γλώσσα, δεν κρατούσε κακία, έλεγε τον πόνο του. Τότε ήταν τρυφερό το παρόν γιατί είχε καεί η γούνα του από τον έρωτα. Είχε αποφασίσει να είναι ευγενικό, να στέκεται στην άκρη και να παρατηρεί, να μην προδίδει έτσι εύκολα τα βάσανά του να μην διεκδικεί έτσι εύκολα τα δικαιώματά του, να μην χτυπάει το ποδαράκι του στο πάτωμα, να μην μουτρώνει, να μην κακολογεί, να μην γκρινιάζει.”
― Η γραμμή του ορίζοντος
― Η γραμμή του ορίζοντος
“Hope is for people who can't see the Truth.”
― Dexter Is Dead
― Dexter Is Dead
“Marry, and you will regret it; don’t marry, you will also regret it; marry or don’t marry, you will regret it either way. Laugh at the world’s foolishness, you will regret it; weep over it, you will regret that too; laugh at the world’s foolishness or weep over it, you will regret both. Believe a woman, you will regret it; believe her not, you will also regret it… Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. This, gentlemen, is the essence of all philosophy.”
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“Of all the misconceptions about love the most powerful and pervasive is the belief that "falling in love" is love or at least one of the manifestations of love. It is a potent misconception, because falling in love is subjectively experienced in a very powerful fashion as an experience of love. When a person falls in love what he or she certainly feels is "I love him" or "I love her."
But two problems are immediately apparent. The first is that the experience of falling in love is specifically a sex-linked erotic experience. We do not fall in love with our children even though we may love them very deeply. We do not fall in love with our friends of the same sex-unless we are homosexually oriented-even though we may care for them greatly. We fall in love only when we are consciously or unconsciously sexually motivated. The second problem is that the experience of falling in love is invariably temporary. No matter whom we fall in love with, we sooner or later fall out of love if the relationship continues long enough. This is not to say that we invariably cease loving the person with whom we fell in love. But it is to say that the feeling of ecstatic lovingness that characterizes the experience of falling in love always passes. The honeymoon always ends. The bloom of romance always fades.”
― The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
But two problems are immediately apparent. The first is that the experience of falling in love is specifically a sex-linked erotic experience. We do not fall in love with our children even though we may love them very deeply. We do not fall in love with our friends of the same sex-unless we are homosexually oriented-even though we may care for them greatly. We fall in love only when we are consciously or unconsciously sexually motivated. The second problem is that the experience of falling in love is invariably temporary. No matter whom we fall in love with, we sooner or later fall out of love if the relationship continues long enough. This is not to say that we invariably cease loving the person with whom we fell in love. But it is to say that the feeling of ecstatic lovingness that characterizes the experience of falling in love always passes. The honeymoon always ends. The bloom of romance always fades.”
― The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
Christina’s 2025 Year in Books
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