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Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson

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“When did you last see your mother? Someone asked me. Someone who was walking with me in the city. I didn’t want to tell her; I thought in this city, a past was precisely that. Past. Why do I have to remember? In the old world, anyone could be a new creation, the past was washed away. Why should the new world be so inquisitive? Don’t you ever think of going back? Silly question. There are threads that help you find your way back, and there are threads that intend to bring you back. Mind turns to the pull, it’s hard to pull away. I’m always thinking of going back. When Lot’s wife looked over her shoulder, she turned into a pillar of salt. Pillars hold things up, and salt keeps things clean, but it’s a poor exchange for losing yourself. People do go back, but they don’t survive, because two realities are claiming them in the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities. There is much pain here. Some people...

Failures of feeling

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"When I look at my life I realise that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgement but failures of feeling." Jeanette Winterson “ViaÈ›a ne aduce în cale fel È™i fel de oameni, de multe ori cei mai neaÈ™teptaÈ›i, prin cele mai neaÈ™teptate moduri. ÃŽntâlnim oameni pentru care-i suntem recunoscători vieÈ›ii că ni i-a dăruit, dar È™i oameni pentru care blamăm soarta, considerând că dacă nu i-am fi întâlnit, viaÈ›a noastră nu ar fi fost umbrită de nefericire. ÃŽntâlnim oameni pe care-i învinovățim pentru eÈ™ecurile È™i deziluziile noastre, dar È™i oameni cărora le purtăm recunoÈ™tință pentru tot ceea ce au adus bun È™i frumos în existenÈ›a noastră. Sunt oameni care intră în viaÈ›a noastră pentru a ne ajuta să devenim persoanele care trebuie să fim, fiindcă unii dintre ei ne ajută să ne formăm personalitatea. AlÈ›ii ajută la educaÈ›ia noastră, fiind acei oameni de la care avem de învățat È™i care sunt demni de urmat prin exemplul bun oferit. Dar trebuie ca în vi...