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“It screeches just like the owl that lived behind my grandparents’ house. It would watch me so solemnly when I brushed my teeth, I would begin to laugh.” “Is that when you were happiest?” “Yes.” She felt surprised by the question, so
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“Blocat între studentul care nu mai eram de mult şi adultul care nu mai deveneam odată, nu ajungeam să fiu iubit pentru motivele corecte sau măcar statornice, căutam dragostea în toate locurile strâmte şi dezafectate, îmi risipeam intimitatea pe extaz, mă ofeream tot mai uşor pentru a mă deschide tot mai greu, confundam predispoziţia mea la renunţare cu epuizarea.”
― Sfîrșit de sezon
― Sfîrșit de sezon
“There is an important idea in Nietzsche, of Amor fati, the "love of your fate," which is in fact your life. As he says, if you say no to a single factor in your life, you have unravelled the whole thing. Furthermore, the more challenging or threatening the situation or context to be assimilated and affirmed, the greater the stature of the person who can achieve it. The demon you can swallow gives you its power, and the greater life's pain, the greater life's reply.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
Classics and the Western Canon
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