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Prague Farewell

by Heda Margolius Kovály

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Aug 18, 2024 12:42AM

“And in our dark days, with so many threatening clouds on the horizon, he concluded, we puff up a story like this to drug people, to distract their
attention from the serious problems and
divert them with a Romeo-and-Juliet
story, one scripted, however, by a soap opera writer.”
― Andrea Camilleri, The Terra-Cotta Dog

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“Impropriety is the soul of wit.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence

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“I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: anger, grief, hopelessness, loss, rage, realization, understanding

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“To overcome the need to be productive, as a lot of productivity is destructive.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

tags: peace, productivity, wholeness

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“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you
Till China and Africa meet,
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street”
― W.H. Auden

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