“I told him I had no use for introspection and navel-gazing. I was probably one of the few New Yorkers who had never been to a therapist. I was not the type to go looking for the causes of all… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“Life, U May told her, is a gift full of riddles in which suffering and happiness are inextricably intertwined. Any attempt to have one… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“What do violent individuals fear most? Violence? I should say not! By what do the cruel and selfish feel most threatened? All of them… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“I’m talking about the organ within us for which we have no name. Let us call it the compass of the heart.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure I would put it that way. When we get over something, we move on, we put it behind us. Do we leave the dead behind or do we take them with us? I think we take them with us. They accompany us. They remain with us, if in another form. We have to learn to live with… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share
“[He taught her] that life is interwoven with suffering. That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“Only a few days earlier he had explained to her that he did not merely read books but traveled with them, that they took… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“That in every life, without exception, illnesses are unavoidable. That we will age, and that we cannot elude death. These are the laws and… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“To forgive, one must love and be loved. Only those who forgive can be free. Whoever forgives is a prisoner no more.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“We wish to be loved as we ourselves would love. Any other way makes as uncomfortable. We respond with doubt and suspicion. We misinterpret… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“Not all truths are explicable, Julia," he said. "And not all explicable things are true.” — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
“Who are you? What’s your name?” “Mi Mi.” “Do you hear that thumping noise?” “No.” “It must be here somewhere.” Tin Win knelt down.… — Jan-Philipp Sendker Copy Share Image
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