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Intimacy can be an unbearable burden for those who, first experiencing it after a lifetime of proud self-sufficiency, suddenly realize it makes their world complete. Finding bliss becomes one with the fear of losing it. They doubt their ...more
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Marius Chivu
“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.”
Marius Chivu, Sfîrșit de sezon

Joseph Campbell
“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.”
Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

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