It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself, and therefore spending three days bombed out of your head on your own said things about you that you might not…
Schlagwort: Life
Our Separate Cages
[W]e’re each in our separate cages. No one can break in. We can only break out. Most often we don’t. (Don Winslow, The Last Ride, in: Broken, 2021, p. 310 f.)
All Intertwined
One Eva Smith has gone – but there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us, with their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering, and chance of happiness, all intertwined with our lives, with what we think and say and do. We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We…
To Deal with Boredom
Quote of the day: “The underlying bureaucratic key is the ability to deal with boredom.”
This Is Water
There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What…
Such Stuff
We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. (William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act IV Scene 1)
The Show Must Go on
Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on
Kunst und Wissenschaft 