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Ukrainian nationalists inhabited a social and political world that had been penetrated by communism. The Ukrainian nationalists’ mode of expression was sufficiently similar to that of the Soviets that the Germans and local Orthodox bishops
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“The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Nothing satisfies the man who is not satisfied with a little.”
― The Consolations of Philosophy
― The Consolations of Philosophy
“Flirting is a promise of sexual intercourse without a guarantee.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
“Man’s happiness today consists in “having fun.” Having fun lies in the satisfaction of consuming and “taking in” commodities, sights, food, drinks, cigarettes, people, lectures, books, movies—all are consumed, swallowed. The world is one great object for our appetite, a big apple, a big bottle, a big breast; we are the sucklers, the eternally expectant ones, the hopeful ones—and the eternally disappointed ones.”
― The Art of Loving
― The Art of Loving
Ivan’s 2024 Year in Books
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