auspicious?
I can't decide if the omens for my first livejournal entry are good or not. On the upside, I was referred by Alex Zane - the acknowledged master of publicly posted philosophical commentary. On the downside, I have nothing interesting to write about. I suppose the deciding factor would be the fact that it's nearly four o'clock and I haven't
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Oh and here's Tolkein's same thought, torn into two sides:
"In the secret depths of feeling the chords of joy and sorrow are so close to each other that the second resonates all too easily when the first is moved. In the midst of his happy heaven of love the poet can discern presentiments of the vain character of earthly joy or in the prepossession of bliss feel the influence of a clandestine fear of losing it."
Kierkegaard, Journals
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Sorrow and love flow mingled down
Did ever such love and sorrow meet
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?"
-"The Wonderful Cross"
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