Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski quotes
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“I lose hope when the desire for life awakens within me; but I regain it whenever the longing for death comes upon me.”
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“My elaboration of the story always conforms to the reality at its source. It is always close to the world, the life, the reality it describes. No matter where I go, I’m still holding up a mirror.”
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“You will find a spring by the dwelling of the dead, to the left. Next to it stands a white cypress. Do not approach that spring, do not go near it. You will find another spring that pours from the lake of Memory, cool water gushes out of it. There are guards in front of it. Address these words to them: I am daughter of the earth and the star-covered Sky, and I descend from the Sky; and that you know; I burn and die of thirst; let me drink quickly of the cool water that gushes from the lake of Memory. And they will allow you to drink from the sacred spring.”
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“No matter where I go, I'm still holding up a mirror.”
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan
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“It isn't normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.”
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Source : Adam Hamilton (2013). “When Christians Get It Wrong”, p.110, Abingdon Press
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“It (taking photographs) is all about longingwithout longing-no pictures at all.”
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“If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.”
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