we have to live

Aron 2022-03-01 08:01:19

I believe that many people have the same doubts as me. Why did Lucy compromise? Why not let the police bring her rapist to justice? Why give birth to the child who brought her humiliation? Why give up everything you have?

Looking at it, all the problems gradually became clear.

We must live.

To live and choose a way of life means to choose both the light and glory it brings us, and the darkness and shame it brings us. The plot in the movie actually happened around you and me, but in such a special political environment, the shame was magnified several times, so it seemed unacceptable.

A high-ranking official, who enjoys the glory that power gives him in front of others, dare to ask which leader has never done something treachery in order to climb the peak of power? Haven't been duplicitous, nodded and bowed flatteringly? Is this a shame? Is there a moment behind the high-paying white-collar workers and a decent material life when they are controlled by desire? When faced with a conflict between pecuniary interests and social responsibility, which side will win? Even if it is ordinary like you and me, who dares to pat his chest and say that he has never done a thing that makes him ashamed?

Is it something we haven't done? Or are we too forgetful and too lenient with ourselves?

It's just that the shame of most of us is hidden under layers of curtains, and we have never told the world like a baby. So we can justifiably condemn and question those sins exposed to the sun.

In fact, sin, you have me and he has it too.

There is only one reason for many, many sins: to survive, to survive well.

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Disgrace quotes

  • [first lines]

    Professor David Lurie: I haven't heard from my daughter.

    Soraya: Still living with a woman.

    Professor David Lurie: Yes, still a lesbian. Still on the farm. She thinks it's safe there.

    Soraya: No where's safe. Too many people with nothing to do but cause trouble. How's work?

    Professor David Lurie: They look through me when I speak. Forget my name.

    Soraya: There's no respect anymore. Have you missed me?

    Professor David Lurie: I miss you all the time.

  • Professor David Lurie: A woman's beauty does not belong to her alone, it's part of the bounty she brings into the world. She has a duty to share it.

    Melanie Isaacs: What if I already shared?

    Professor David Lurie: Then you should share it more widely.