But people can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.
“But people can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”
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― Giovanni’s Room
“They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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