"If taking one's goals too seriously is the danger, the best discouragement of torture may be a radical hedonism that denies that any goal is worth the means..."
-- Phyllis Rose

SADNESSES OF THE BODY: Mirror sadness; Sadness of looking like or unlike one’s parents; Sadness of not knowing if your body is normal; Sadness of knowing your body is not normal; Sadness of knowing your body is normal; Beauty sadness; Sadness of makeup; Sadness of physical pain; Pins-and-needles sadness; Sadness of clothes; Sadness of the quavering eyelid; Sadness of a missing rib; Noticeable sadness; Sadness of going unnoticed; The sadness of having genitals that are not like those of your lover; The sadness of having genitals that are like those of your lover; Sadness of hands…

SADNESSES OF THE COVENANT: Sadness of God’s love; Sadness of God’s back; Favorite-child sadness; Sadness of being sad in front of one’s God; Sadness of the opposite of belief; Sadness of God alone in heaven; Sadness of a God who would need people to pray to him…

SADNESSES OF THE INTELLECT: Sadness of being misunderstood; Humor sadness; Sadness of love without release; Sadness of being smart; Sadness of not knowing enough words to express what you mean; Sadness of having options; Sadness of wanting sadness; Sadness of confusion; Sadness of domesticated birds; Sadness of finishing a book; Sadness of remembering; Sadness of forgetting; Anxiety sadness…

INTERPERSONAL SADNESSES: Sadness of being sad in front of one’s parent; Sadness of false love; Sadness of love; Friendship sadness; Sadness of a bad conversation; Sadness of the could-have-been; Secret sadness…

SADNESSES OF SEX AND ART: Sadness of arousal being an unordinary physical state; Sadness of feeling the need to create beautiful things; Kissing sadness; Sadness of moving too quickly; Sadness of not moving; Nude model sadness; Sadness of portraiture…

(Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (via 6-1-3)

(Source: bisonte)

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