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Ilse
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A book, said Paul Valéry, helps us not to think, and that is what, deep in our hearts, each of us wants most fervently.
— Mar 18, 2020 01:33AM
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Ilse
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But the heart is small-minded, and the thousands of everyday impediments – leaky dishwashers, plumbers who don’t show up, keys that can’t be found, noisy neighbours – have a greater effect on one’s mood than a morning prayer, a tragic or comforting event in a war zone, the unexpected discovery of a great poem, or an hour of lovemaking, which isn’t enough to dispel the grousing that resumes soon after that hour.
— Mar 17, 2020 04:03AM
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