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life creates order but order does not create life

at the moment in time the bargee bore no resemblance to any label. it was what was inside that counted. the human leaven. he was quite simply a friend. and we were in harmony

families who continue to keep a place at the table for someone who has died. they deny the irreparable…the dead should be treated as dead.

they make the dead into missing persons for eternity, into guests who will forever be late. they barter mourning for a hollow expectation. and a wretchedness far more stifling than grief.

he will never again be present, but nor will be ever be absent…a dear friend

“Respeito pelo homem!... Aqui está a pedra de toque! Quando o nazi respeita exclusivamente quem é parecido com ele apenas se respeita a si pró-prio. Rejeita as contradições criadoras, arruína qualquer esperança de ascensão, e funda por mil anos, no lugar do homem, o robô de um formigueiro. (…) A vida cria a ordem, mas a ordem não cria a vida.

Quel ouvrage! J’ai été subjugué pas la profondeur de presque chaque phrase, la beauté du style et des métaphores employées. Et puis la beauté et le talent avec lequel l’auteur parle de l’amitié. C’est un livre très court, que je garderai dans mon sac pour y revenir souvent.