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Quote of the day

med_cat: (Hourglass)
"Sometimes I can be forgetful, that is true. However, not everything in life is worth remembering--and the important things I'll always remember. Of course, during these past years my heart has been broken more than once. How can your heart not break, if you lost a loved one, or when your child is suffering, or even when your beloved dog gets run over by a car? But broken hearts is the very source of our strength, our understanding, our compassion. A heart which has never been broken is sterile and pure; it will never learn the joy of imperfection.

*Иногда я бываю забывчивой, это правда. Впрочем, не все в жизни достойно запоминания -- а о важном я вспомню. Конечно, за эти годы мое сердце было разбито не раз. Как может не разбиться сердце, если ты потерял любимого, или когда страдает ребенок, или даже когда любимую собаку сбивает машина? Но разбитые сердца и есть источник нашей силы, нашего понимания, нашего сострадания. Сердце, которое никогда не было разбито, стерильно и чисто, оно никогда не познает радости несовершенства. *

(Phyllis Shlossberg's letter to Vladimir Pozner, published in his newspaper column)

Comments

Aug. 14th, 2010 05:57 pm (UTC)
Oh this is a lovely quote!
med_cat: (Reading)
Aug. 14th, 2010 05:58 pm (UTC)
Yes, isn't it? That's why I translated it ;)
Aug. 14th, 2010 06:00 pm (UTC)
:D

BTW I've posted the first part of the SH picspam at my journal if you want to take a look before buying the DVDs :)

I'll make the 2np post of the first part of HOUND later or tomorrow and after that I'll watch and take pictures of the 2nd part and the other episodes ;)

Edited 2010-08-14 06:00 pm (UTC)
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Aug. 14th, 2010 06:31 pm (UTC)
Danke ;) Have seen just now :)
Aug. 15th, 2010 09:04 am (UTC)
So very true! Written by someone who knows and has been through it themselves.
med_cat: (Holmes thoughtful)
Aug. 15th, 2010 01:06 pm (UTC)
Quite so...