From the lesson Inspiring Quotes
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:06:38 -0000
“you must take the fat with the lean” (American saying). Well, dpak, this saying is popular in America but I think its truth has to do about the secret of happiness of Buscaglia. We should accept the fact that life is not just pleasure and seek the life with whichever surprises comes with it. Choosing life as a whole is a good filosophical point that Nietzische explains very well when he talks about amor-fati (love to destiny). Good quotes!!
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oLahav said – Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:01:55 -0000
I’ll agree with the fact that the author succeeded in getting into the depressed teenage frame of mind for this character in an extraordinary manner. However, I really don’t think people are like that… not even depressed teenagers, and I’ve known quite a bunch of those.
Teenage depression is a very serious matter, and I think that it may be getting a bit out of hand in some societies. But after reading this book, which can actually encourage depression and make it seem as if feeling isolated and bitter towards the world is a natural thing and there’s nothing wrong about it, I don’t believe it does a very good job at fighting depression at all. And that’s a bad thing.
But it’s perfectly fair for you to enjoy this book, after all many people consider it a classic and a must-read, so there must be something to it.