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[cranialharp]

On happiness and sadness, an excerpt by Bernhard Schlink.

"Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Why does the memory of years of happy marriage turn to gall when our partner is revealed to have had a lover all those years? Because a situation makes it impossible to be happy? But we were

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[yourdynamics]

i once had someone explain to me that happiness was derived from happen-stance. that, the word in itself, implies its fleeting nature. happiness is like a fickle lover. giving you pleasure until there is something easier to entertain. happiness takes work and it takes energy. and when we don't give it the time, it finds someone else who will. that's always how i feel about it. it's like a dancer that has to be twirled and dipped to come back for the next song.

[yourdynamics]

your queer buddy

[anonymous]

yes

[rikku]

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