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Ghough | The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
when I think about what the "right kind of peril" is, I'm thinking about my tendency to crave yearning of someone, not where it's so painful that you can't cope, but where you're in this lukewarm centre which keeps you warm but doesn't break you. it's this limbo state where you're in pain of yearning someone / something that you can't have but
... See moreThe melancholy know that many of the things we most want are in tragic conflict: to feel secure and yet to be free; to have money and yet not to have to be beholden to others; to be in close-knit communities and yet not to be stifled by the expectations and demands of society; to explore the world and yet to put down deep roots; to fulfil the
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
Yet the fundamental loss remains—it doesn’t just dissipate—and, in a strange way, I think it can become a magnet for other losses. We come to see we are all simply creatures carrying around our ever-deepening loss. Small griefs seem to collect around the bigger primary grief. I think this realization allows us to become a true human being.