City of brotherly love

Emmitt 2022-04-20 09:01:19

Philadelphia, city of brotherly love.

I read it after dinner last night, woke up in the middle of the night and got up to read it again.
Philadelphia.
I first met Philadelphia because of the Declaration of Independence, then I met Philadelphia because of AI, and today because of the Philadelphia Story.
All men are created equal.
What kind of story does Philadelphia tell us? About law, morality, power, fairness, discrimination, life, compassion, or what?
The night Andrew left, when he said goodbye with tears to all those who had stood with him, who had accompanied him through the last and most difficult time of his life, his loved ones, when he watched Miguel slowly closing the ward. door, when he looked at Miguel and calmly said "I'm ready"...

Remember the opera that Andrew played after that gay party. "The place that cradle me is burning." The lake was red, and the whole house was dyed red by the fire. "I am life. Heaven is in your eyes...I am divine. I am oblivion. I am the god that comes down from the heavens to the earth and makes of the earth a heaven. I am love."

I am love.

Is it the desire for life?
Everything seems small in front of life.
Discrimination, misunderstanding, hostility. But all men are created equal.

AI. When he took the 76ers cap from Stern 11 years ago, he was destined to be associated with Philadelphia throughout his life. You can't expect a kid crawling out of a city center slum to sit at the piano in his spare time like Grant Hill. All he can do is keep fighting, fighting like a man.
Ten years of watching alone. He is the new icon of Philadelphia.
Misunderstand. AI's first album, which was just downloaded some time ago. On the cover, he still has a rebellious look in his eyes. As a man, there is nothing you can rely on. The only one who can make yourself believe is yourself.

Sometimes I think that I know
What love's about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be all right
I've got my friends in the world
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled

City of brotherly love
Place I call home
Don't turn your back on me
I don't wanna be alone
Love lasts forever
Someone is talkin' to me
Calling my name
Tell me I'm not to blame
I won't be ashamed of love
Philadelphia
City of brotherly love

Sometimes I think that I know
What love's about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be all right
Philadelphia

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Extended Reading

Philadelphia quotes

  • Joe Miller: What's wrong with your face?

    Andrew Beckett: [upon entering Joe's office] I have AIDS.

  • [Andrew transcendentally describes his favorite opera,slowly walking around his apartment, closing his eyes, looking up]

    Andrew Beckett: Do you like opera?

    Joe Miller: I'm not that familiar with opera.

    Andrew Beckett: This is my favorite aria. This is Maria Callas. This is "Andrea Chenier", Umberto Giordano. This is Madeleine. She's saying how during the French Revolution, a mob set fire to her house, and her mother died... saving her. "Look, the place that cradled me is burning." Can you hear the heartache in her voice? Can you feel it, Joe? In come the strings, and it changes everything. The music fills with a hope, and that'll change again. Listen... listen..."I bring sorrow to those who love me." Oh, that single cello! "It was during this sorrow that love came to me." A voice filled with harmony. It says, "Live still, I am life. Heaven is in your eyes. Is everything around you just the blood and mud? I am divine. I am oblivion. I am the god... that comes down from the heavens, and makes of the Earth a heaven. I am love!... I am love."