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"not to accuse anyone of false consciousness but i feel like people, myself included, were too quick to make a judgement on this book" — Jan 21, 2022 05:25AM
"not to accuse anyone of false consciousness but i feel like people, myself included, were too quick to make a judgement on this book" — Jan 21, 2022 05:25AM
“You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.”
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“The greatest poverty is not to live
In a physical world, to feel that one’s desire
Is too difficult to tell from despair.”
― The Collected Poems
In a physical world, to feel that one’s desire
Is too difficult to tell from despair.”
― The Collected Poems
“We name us and then we are lost, tamed
I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness”
― Mysteries of Small Houses
I choose words, more words, to cure the tameness, not the wildness”
― Mysteries of Small Houses
“Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass!
The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass!”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass!”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Your voice, your eyes, your hands, your lips
Our silence, our words
Light that goes, light that returns
A single smile between us
In quest of knowledge I watched night create day
O beloved of all, beloved of one alone
your mouth silently promised to be happy
Away, away, says hate
Closer, closer, says love
A caress leads us from our infancy
Increasingly I see the human form as a lovers’ dialogue
The heart has but one mouth
Everything by chance
All words without thought
Sentiments adrift
A glance, a word, because I love you
Everything moves
We must advance to live
Aim straight ahead toward those you love
I went toward you, endlessly toward the light
If you smile, it enfolds me all the better
The rays of your arms pierce the mist.”
―
Our silence, our words
Light that goes, light that returns
A single smile between us
In quest of knowledge I watched night create day
O beloved of all, beloved of one alone
your mouth silently promised to be happy
Away, away, says hate
Closer, closer, says love
A caress leads us from our infancy
Increasingly I see the human form as a lovers’ dialogue
The heart has but one mouth
Everything by chance
All words without thought
Sentiments adrift
A glance, a word, because I love you
Everything moves
We must advance to live
Aim straight ahead toward those you love
I went toward you, endlessly toward the light
If you smile, it enfolds me all the better
The rays of your arms pierce the mist.”
―
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