Sublime

J’étais de mauvaise humeur, et je me servis un grand verre de vodka sans l’attendre, tout en dévorant des tranches de boudin artisanal, décidément on ne peut rien à la vie des gens me disais-je, ni l’amitié ni la compassion ni la psychologie ni l’intelligence des situations ne sont d’une utilité quelconque, les gens fabriquent eux-mêmes le mécanism

A man who dooms himself to this trial, this terrible school of life, does so voluntarily, in the hope that after the long trial he will achieve self-conquest, self-mastery to such a degree that he will, finally, through a whole life’s obedience, attain to perfect freedom—that is, freedom from himself—and avoid the lot of those who live their whole

Tolstoï, Léon. La Sonate à Kreutzer, Paris : Folio, 1974.

to escape the lot of those who have lived their whole life without finding their true selves in themselves.

Soon he sank into deep thought, or more accurately speaking into a complete blankness of mind;

“Feed us, for those who promised us fire from heaven did not give it.”

Voilà mon testament : cherche ton bonheur dans les larmes. Travaille, travaille sans relâche.