Because of our broken instincts we are in pain. We continue in pain because our instincts have been twisted by reason. So, what are we supposed to do? Should we abandon knowledge? Throw away reason? In any event, that wouldn't be possible. For better or worse, we ate the fruit of knowledge long, long ago.
Tatsuhiko TakimotoTags: sad-but-true
To a hikikomori, winter is painful because everything feels cold, frozen over, and lonely. To a hikikomori, spring is also painful because everyone is in a good mood and therefore enviable. Summer, of course, is especially painful...
Tatsuhiko TakimotoTags: sad-but-true
There weren't any villains though. The world was just complicated in various ways, and there weren't any obvious villains to be found. It was excruciating.
Tatsuhiko TakimotoTags: sad-but-true villains
This here is your inheritance, says the senior partner. Yes, he says, Ludwig, I know, and stows the plan for the bathing house (5.5m long, 3.8m wide, outer wall construction: wood, roof construction: thatch), stows both the plan and the mosquito in his briefcase. On a German shelf, this mosquito, pressed flat between large quantities of paper, will outlast time and times, and one day it might even be petrified, who knows.
Jenny ErpenbeckTags: loss foresight sad-but-true poignant german-history
Saat memutuskan buat jatuh cinta, lo juga membuka kemungkinan cinta kelak akan berbalik nyakitin lo. - Good Fight
Christian SimamoraTags: romantic indonesia sad-but-true romance-novels
It is unfortunate that in most cases when the sins of the father fall on the son it is because unlike God, people refuse to forgive and forget and heap past wrongs upon innocent generations.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: wisdom god revenge punishment sin forgiveness christian catholic unforgiven sad-but-true catholic-author vengeance innocent feuds observations forgive gadfly future-generations forgive-and-forget future-generation ill-will sins-of-the-father
... true evil needs no reason to exist, it simply is and feeds upon itself.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: truth evil philosophical good-and-evil sad-but-true truth-of-life
... the lofty mind of man can be imprisoned by the artifices of its own making.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: man planning plans mind mankind philosophical faust sad-but-true artifice marlowe imprison christopher-marlowe faustus faustian when-plans-go-wrong when-things-fall-apart grand-plans imprisionment
Evil influence is like a nicotine patch, you cannot help but absorb what sticks to you.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: humor evil humour funny drugs christian bad influence catholic sad-but-true catholic-author gadfly influences bad-influence nicotine bad-company evil-people evil-thoughts sticky-situations
(The Mona Lisa), that really is the ugliest portrait I’ve seen, the only thing that supposedly makes it famous is the mystery behind it,” Katherine admitted as she remembered her trips to the Louvre and how she shook her head at the poor tourists crowding around to see a jaundiced, eyebrow-less lady that reminded her of tight-lipped Washington on the dollar bill. Surely, they could have chosen a better portrait of the First President for their currency?
E.A. BucchianeriTags: humor money art funny mystery george-washington sarcastic-quotes sad-but-true presidents portrait da-vinci masterpiece gadfly artwork mona-lisa ugly-art
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