Mother was not allowed to go to high school when she was young. Subsequently, she allowed me and Key, my sister, to read the world collected works of literature for children. Despite the early days of Japanese tempting mangas and animation films (mostly for TV, somehow under the influence of American pop culture), we deeply owed much to her grittiness to get opportunities for world great pieces. Without many experiences about romance or love, with what little subjective idea of friendship and persistence, those thoughtful and sophisticated fictions have surely expanded our world dramatically, and they turn over time, more and more, appropriate.
I learned years later that Stendhal (1783-1842) had addressed the issue of life and love in France shortly after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Stendhal said that, I believe it now too, women are braver than the bravest men, which is followed by this below:
Only they [women] must have a man to be in love with, for then they feel only through him, and thus react to direct and personal danger of the most deadly kind as if it were a flower to be plucked in his presence. (On love, 1822, ch. 29, 'About Women's courage,' p. 95, trans. Mary Marc)
Later he also wrote in his novel, "The Charterhouse of Parma" (1839) that what is lawfully explicable is for men to make loved one happy. Even today everybody can as ever fall in love at any age. However, in my opinion, whether one experiences romantic love or not in his lifetime is, for all practical purposes, of no importance. No doubt romance may add some excitement, but courage has been transformed a bit today. In practice, we are not always allowed to maintain love as the saying goes "No sweet without sweat." Most people spend time looking for their own happiness. Meanwhile, we do so desperately for others' happiness (e.g., our children's, or partner's). Therefore, if one will stay in love in a broader sense, it is mercy, and the reverend by itself.
On my mother's anniversary day with love
AO
I learned years later that Stendhal (1783-1842) had addressed the issue of life and love in France shortly after the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. Stendhal said that, I believe it now too, women are braver than the bravest men, which is followed by this below:
Only they [women] must have a man to be in love with, for then they feel only through him, and thus react to direct and personal danger of the most deadly kind as if it were a flower to be plucked in his presence. (On love, 1822, ch. 29, 'About Women's courage,' p. 95, trans. Mary Marc)
Later he also wrote in his novel, "The Charterhouse of Parma" (1839) that what is lawfully explicable is for men to make loved one happy. Even today everybody can as ever fall in love at any age. However, in my opinion, whether one experiences romantic love or not in his lifetime is, for all practical purposes, of no importance. No doubt romance may add some excitement, but courage has been transformed a bit today. In practice, we are not always allowed to maintain love as the saying goes "No sweet without sweat." Most people spend time looking for their own happiness. Meanwhile, we do so desperately for others' happiness (e.g., our children's, or partner's). Therefore, if one will stay in love in a broader sense, it is mercy, and the reverend by itself.
On my mother's anniversary day with love
AO
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