Monday, February 22, 2010

Especially for Teens

“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied;

real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring.


Imaginary good is boring;

real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”


Simone Weil
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5 comments:

  1. BeckyFebruary 22, 2010 at 1:08 PM

    Ah...my fantasy-reading loving daughter will love this rule of thumb. :)

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  2. Michaela StephensFebruary 22, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    Amen!

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  3. AprilFebruary 24, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    I love this.

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  4. Liz MayesMarch 25, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    Hi Donna,
    I love your blog. Thanks for this post, its incredible. And so true.

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  5. Liz MayesMarch 25, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    Which book of hers is this in?

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