“I cannot shut my eyes and plunge confidently into the absurd; that is for me an impossibility, but I do not praise myself for it. I am convinced that God is love; this thought has for me a primordial lyrical validity. When it is present to me I am unspeakably happy; when it is absent I long for it more intensely than the lover for the object of his love. But I do not believe; this courage I lack.”
Fear and Trembling is a work of philosophical fiction that delves into the complexities of human emotions and ethical choices. The narrative revolves around the protagonist's internal struggles and the consequences of his actions, intertwining the concepts of love, faith, and the human capacity for moral reasoning. more
“When you mourn for too long, you start to forget how to feel joy.”
“We need to possess joy in abundance before we can bestow it on somebody else.”
“Everything in life was joyous, everything in life was important, everything should be done well.”