The First Rule Of War Is Sympathy With The Enemy.
The first rule of war is sympathy with the enemy.
Simon Critchley, Tragedy, the Greeks, and Us
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The only dream worth having, I told her, is to dream that you will live while you're alive and die only when you're dead. (Prescience? Perhaps.) 'Which means exactly what?' (Arched eyebrows, a little annoyed.) I tried to explain, but didn't do a very good job of it. Sometimes I need to write to think. So I wrote it down for her on a paper napkin. This is what I wrote: To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.
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It may be that we have become more interesting to each other at the expense of trust.
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they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about each other in two seconds at the utmost.
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