The happiest moments of reading are when you realize something: a way of thinking, feeling, seeing things that is special to you, especially to you. And that's it, as if sitting next to someone, someone you've never seen, maybe even dead for a long time, and then, as if a hand stretched out and grabbed your hand
" The best moments in reading are when you come across something--a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things--that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met , maybe someone long dead. And, ... it's as if a hand...has come out... and taken yours."
Take it, feel it and pass it on
. --- About education. Education is actually a kind of "transmission".
I don't want to be like children who spend most of their life declaring their love for literature, nor do I want them to discover the charm of language and the love of words in middle age
How does histry happen? History is just one fucking thing after another, nothing special, ordinary stuff. History is made up of a chain of serendipitous events that finally form a result. Like the flapping wings of a butterfly, or the small drum playing in Wang Jiazhi's heart, these undetermined factors together lead to a result. There is no right or wrong, what happens is called inevitable. In the process, any change in one item may lead to a different outcome.
Reminds me of Seneca:
"Anger comes from the belief that a certain setback is not written into the contract of life, a belief that springs from near-dramatic optimism, but whose consequences are tragic. Reality contains two It is a bewilderingly cruel character: continuity and reliability from generation to generation on the one hand; unforeseen catastrophe on the other. It is dangerously naive to base expectations of the future on probability. As long as human beings have ever been Accidents encountered, no matter how rare or how long the interval is, are a possibility, and we should be prepared."
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