death is not a subject that his doctors, friends, or family can countenance. That is what causes him his most profound pain.


“Undertakings based on an inner tenacity have to be mute and obscure; one has only to declare or glory in them and it all appears silly, without meaning, even petty.”
― The Baron in the Trees
― The Baron in the Trees

“193. The lack of historical memory is a serious shortcoming in our society. A mentality that can only say, “Then was then, now is now”, is ultimately immature. Knowing and judging past events is the only way to build a meaningful future. Memory is necessary for growth: “Recall the former days” (Heb 10:32). Listening to the elderly tell their stories is good for children and young people; it makes them feel connected to the living history of their families, their neighborhoods and their country. A family that fails to respect and cherish its grandparents, who are its living memory, is already in decline, whereas a family that remembers has a future. “A society that has no room for the elderly or discards them because they create problems, has a deadly virus”;43 “it is torn from its roots”.44 Our contemporary experience of being orphans as a result of cultural discontinuity, uprootedness and the collapse of the certainties that shape our lives, challenges us to make our families places where children can sink roots in the rich soil of a collective history.”
― THE JOY OF LOVE : Apostolic EXHORTATION AMORIS LAETITIA - ON LOVE IN THE FAMILY: pope francis joy
― THE JOY OF LOVE : Apostolic EXHORTATION AMORIS LAETITIA - ON LOVE IN THE FAMILY: pope francis joy

“If you have the impression that you know the other person inside and out, you are wrong. Are you sure that you even know yourself? Every person is a world to explore.”
― How to Love
― How to Love

“The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep.”
― Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
― Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams

“If someone hacks your password, you can change it—as many times as you want. You can’t change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch. SENATOR AL FRANKEN”
― Future Crimes
― Future Crimes

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