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“Kind sein ist wie einen Ball hochwerfen, Erwachsenwerden ist, wenn er wieder herunterfällt.”
― Hard Land
― Hard Land
“How does trust build between people? It is an offering and a receiving. It is putting yourself into the position to be hurt, just a little, and noticing that they refrain. It is the reaching out between people, laughing at the same moment. It is building a model of the other person inside yourself, placing them in the palm of your hand, rotating them and saying: Yes. I see the flaws and I see the dangers and nothing will happen here that will truly harm me. And it is saying: I would rather trust you than be alone.”
― The Future
― The Future
“Mike used to say: how life happens is a letting in. When he was trying to convince me about the baby. He said every time it was an act of ridiculous trust. The sperm buries itself in the egg and stops being able to move. The egg lets down all its defenses and allows a foreign object in. That’s how it happens, every time. An absolutely unjustified leap of faith. Open up, let in, be let in. Opening is dangerous, every single time. But that’s how we’re here.”
― The Future
― The Future
“Freundschaften in der Schule sind wie Freundschaften im Knast: Man weiß erst draußen im richtigen Leben, was sie wert sind.”
― Hard Land
― Hard Land
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