I don't think the world will destroy itself in a nuclear cataclysm. On the contrary, we have the capacity to save ourselves and save the planet, and we will use it.
Isabel AllendeRead
...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst.
Interpretation
Fixations can deeply affect our emotions, and love fixations can be particularly painful.
In this quote, Isabel Allende suggests that fixations, particularly those centered around love, can be intrusive and damaging. They occupy our minds and can lead to emotional turmoil, illustrating the intensity and potential destructiveness of love when it becomes an obsession or fixation.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a discussion on the complexities of love and obsession.
I don't think the world will destroy itself in a nuclear cataclysm. On the contrary, we have the capacity to save ourselves and save the planet, and we will use it.
My mother is a great artist, but she always treated her paintings like minor postcards. Had she pursued it, she would have been a great artist. Instead, she looked down on her art.
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my love had grown one with my soul; it became darker, but did not go out
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