Must-see for urban numbness

Harvey 2022-01-12 08:02:15

The urban people groaning without illness feel that squeezing a sardine-like canned subway is already painful, and being blamed by the boss is full of resentment towards the world. If they lose a relationship, they will feel desperate.

In the social news, the female reporter who committed suicide because of the scumbag cheated and fought because they didn't agree with each other. Because they wanted to buy the latest brand-name bags, they couldn't wait for the vanity of sugar daddy.

But I can't open the movie to see. The children in this world who are hungry enough to become skinny and turned into vulture food are dying and struggling. People living in the horror of war are randomly shot by machine guns and died silently in batches. There was no rescue on the way to escape, only the deadly mines.

On a calm winter afternoon, I was in Shanghai and saw tears streaming down my face. I am ashamed of my ignorance, and sincerely admire the courage and sacrifice of humanitarians. If we can pay more attention to the world and retain some pure humanity, at least, life will no longer be a fly-by-play doggou.

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Beyond Borders quotes

  • Nick Callahan: Are you wearing perfume... in the fucking desert?

  • Sarah Jordan: Why do you never say my name?

    Nick Callahan: Sorry?

    Sarah Jordan: You never say my name. Why?

    Nick Callahan: pauses - What's the first thing you do when you get a cold?

    Sarah Jordan: What?

    Nick Callahan: What's the first thing you do when you get a cold?

    Sarah Jordan: Uh... chicken soup, aspirin, scotch...

    Nick Callahan: You never just have the cold?

    Sarah Jordan: I don't know what...

    Nick Callahan: interrupts - Taken nothing. Just have the cold?

    Sarah Jordan: No

    Nick Callahan: No, and that's us, right? We drown it. Kill it. Numb it, anything not to feel. You know, when I was a doctor in London, no one ever said 'medahani'. They don't thank you like they thank you here. Cos here they feel everything, straight from God. There's no drugs, no painkillers. It's the weirdest, purest thing - suffering. And when you've seen that kind of courage in a li... - pauses, tears well up -... in a child... How could you ever want to do anything but just hold him in your arms? You remember that boy in London, JoJo?

    Sarah Jordan: Yes of course

    Nick Callahan: He was my first save, 10 years old. So thin he could barely stand. But he still found the strength the bury the rest of his family. We have no idea what courage is... He used to write me little notes. He helped me in the clinic. He was good. He was sweet, he was good. He wanted to be like me, I liked that. I mean, it was silly and childish, but it made me feel good about myself. So I took him with me to London, you know, my talisman, my courageous Africa... - pauses - How could I be so bloody stupid? How could I be so totally selfish? The point is... he was my friend. He had a name. So now I HAVE to remember him. If everybody I lose has a name...