12-15-2008, 08:16 PM | #1 |
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The Abyss
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...?currentPage=1
I can't remember if I already posted this here on CG. I post it in the religion section, but it has an existential quality to it. We all stand on a platform of existence, it's just that his is so small that the slightest puff of wind threatens to blow him off, into the abyss. |
12-15-2008, 09:17 PM | #2 |
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I feel this way right now. Don't breathe; you may push me over.
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"Now I say that I know the meaning of my life: 'To live for God, for my soul.' And this meaning, in spite of its clearness, is mysterious and marvelous. Such is the meaning of all existence." Levin, Anna Karenina, Part 8, Chapter 12 |
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