Status Updates From The Problem of Pain

“But over the great picture of his life—the work which he loves…—he will take endless trouble—and would…give endless trouble to the picture if it were sentient. One can imagine a sentient picture, after being rubbed and scraped and re-commenced for the tenth time, wishing that it were only a thumbnail sketch whose making was over in a minute. …but then we are wishing not for more love but for less.”

“No hay dolor si un ser afligido; ni quebranto sin un sujeto consciente de su amargura”.