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Anonymous21 июля 2024 г.Читать далееWhen I look at those ducks, all I see are delicious duck legs, said the woman.
Ah, I thought, then said, And look at those geese over there, they're perfect for Christmas.
Well, said the woman, I happen to think geese are ... No, you really can't talk about them like that.
She looked at me, apparently shocked.
Sitting on a bench in the park, I told my brother about the woman who would eat duck, but not a goose.
All my attempts at superficial conversation end awkwardly, I said. I have a gift for broaching painful topics.
The other day I was talking to the bike mechanic about the weather, I said. And, naturally, the conversation turned to the children he no longer saw because his ex-wife had moved to Ibiza, where it was always sunny, And then I didn't know what to say.
You have to use cliches, said my brother. It's why they were invented.
For the longest time, I thought that the use of cliches signalled a lack of imagination. I didn't understand they were formulas you could use to keep other people at a safe distance.
Your gift isn't a gift, it's a defect, said my brother. You can't keep you distance.165
krupatato25 марта 2024 г.Togetherness will be rich, infinitely rich, if both the persons are utterly independent. If they are dependent on each other, it is not togetherness — it is slavery, it is bondage.
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krupatato23 марта 2024 г.In a way, emotions are older than intelligence. They inhabit an older part of the brain. We aren’t smart enough to completely understand them.
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krupatato23 марта 2024 г.When you want to die, everyone acts as though you’re sick. Why isn’t life the thing that’s sick? And all the people who wish to die perfectly sane?
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krupatato22 марта 2024 г.I thought that the use of clichés signalled a lack of imagination. I didn’t understand they were formulas you could use to keep other people at a safe distance.
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krupatato22 марта 2024 г.You could hold onto a moment. But you can’t use it to hold onto people, because they can always just get up and walk out of view.
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