what are we talking about when we talk about love

Kamryn 2022-12-24 03:42:15

A friend asked me a question: what do you think people live for? I am amazed that this question is so simple and abrupt. At that time, it seemed that I had just finished reading an imperial tome called "John Christopher", and I was falling into a frenzy and narcissism. I thought I was quite insightful on this issue, but what was it after dancing for a long time? Didn't say it either. What are we living for? ? "I asked my dad and he said it was for face". I said no! It's definitely not "for face", it's easy to explain, living like an actor under the focus of others, how tiring! But where is something bigger than "face"? ? It seemed clear and easy to answer, I opened my mouth, but I remained speechless.
Li Haipeng has a very incisive exposition in "Please Don't Die Casually in the Corridor":
In "The Sun Also Rises", there is a poor guy named Cohen, incompetent, weak and sentimental, sitting in a coffee shop to Jack Barn Si said: "Day after day, I have never lived." In "Ivan Ilyich", Ivan Ilyich lived a rich and empty life, and was about to die, suddenly suspicious in his heart : "Maybe I haven't lived as I should." These words are quite simple and not exaggerated, and they are in line with the normal state of people's reflection on life. Ilyich's death is imminent, and looking at it like this, he can't be called world-weary, but he can only live for a lifetime but feel that it's not a big deal. As early as the Paleolithic Age, a certain ancestor had a full meal of mammoth sashimi, and there was no female ancestor to tease. Maybe he sat by the river and thought: It's nothing to fight with a mammoth day after day. mean! Regarding the life of Ivan Ilyich, the author Tolstoy commented that it was "the simplest, the most ordinary, and the most terrifying". This is the view of a typical religious believer. A later American writer, Philip Roth, feigned disapproval, saying that the life of a vested interest, "as far as I know, is the simplest, the most commonplace, and the most remarkable by American standards." He meant, Ilyichian The success and wealth of ordinary Americans are rare good things. If anyone thinks that they must feel the quality of the soul in addition to being successful and rich, it is called something wrong. Philip Roth himself is also faulty. In fact, he mocks the United States and supports Tolstoy.
In the American movie "Sex and the City" (Part 1), I admired Mr. Big. I don't know if there will be any female compatriots who abused Mr. Big for ruining Carry's grand wedding, but everything has a reason, how did the evil result come about?
Mr. Big, a man! From every angle, Big fits the acclaimed term "a man," or, as Philip Roth puts it, "the greatest by American standards." A successful businessman, getting married or something will attract media coverage. His sexual ability is good, at least not declining. Ordinary people can only face those girls in the movie YY, and he can almost get it. Money can hardly be used up, a big luxury house is said to be as easy to buy as a cup of coffee, and so on, can't it be called "the most amazing"? Be strong, it can even be said that many people can become impotent in front of him. But as you can see, Big is a strong but weak man. How to explain it? Yu Jian wrote in a poem:
People look at my broad shoulders
with admiration and envy,
they don't know
how tired I am, how tired
Xiao Xing, when
you gently said to me that day to
rest, rest. I
'll sing a song to you ,
I suddenly lowered my head , and
many years have passed
, you see, my eyes are full of tears
Big is such a person with "broad shoulders" and "how tired, how tired", hates the world, hates exposure, hates frivolity in the sun. Big said, "I want you, Carry". So even if I endure the indifferent form, for the sake of "I want you, Carry", I endure it. But Big felt unnatural for the first time when Carry increased the wedding list from 75 to 200. In the future development of the plot, I slowly watched Carry's vanity expand step by step, happiness, happiness! Carry is a little bit intoxicated by his own imagined happiness, ignoring the foundation of everything. Even, when Mr. Big couldn't write the wedding vows and called Carry to express his fears, Carry just said "it's me and you and no one else" instead of listening. Unfortunately, Carry's narcissism has caused him to lose his ability to listen. Under the logic of "I'm very happy, so you must be happy too", even if the eyes clearly see the other person's brows furrowed, although the ears can hear the heavy sigh, he can't think about it, he is happy! So at the entrance of the auditorium, when Carry was surrounded by the crowd and came out of the extended Lincoln, Big, who was shrouded in darkness, could only sigh: "She is so beautiful", and then left in a hurry. Happiness is theirs, I have nothing! The last chance was also ruined by Carry, and when Big was about to turn his head and meet Carry's wedding car, Big was apologetic. However, the anger of Carry, the anger of Carry's other three girlfriends, turned all of Big's courage to ashes: "You made us lose face, so unforgivable, so, get out! Get out!" Unfortunately, Carry's Anger should come from vanity and shame in large part!
So, what are we talking about when we talk about love? If you can't feel the other person's heart with your heart, if you lose the ability to listen, if you are occupied by vanity and impetuousness, then there may be some things that you are not worthy of at all.
Big is weak, but who hasn't been weak? Besides, Big is so beautiful!

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Sex and the City quotes

  • Carrie Bradshaw: What does your gut tell you?

  • Enid Frick: Forty is the last age a woman can be photographed in a wedding dress without the unintended Diane Arbus subtext.