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This made me smile: >Another reason you’re crying: you’ve just realised that Tolstoy thought well of you – he believed that his own notions about life here on
by pimlottc 10y ago
This made me smile:
>Another reason you’re crying: you’ve just realised that Tolstoy thought well of you – he believed that his own notions about life here on earth would be discernible to you, and would move you.
>Tolstoy imagined you generously, you rose to the occasion.
It reminds me of a line from intro of Björk's "Biophilia" app [0]:
"Sound, harnessed by human beings, delivered with generosity and emotion, is what we call music."
It's one of the best definitions of music I've ever heard.
0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AELvVUFLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AELvVUFLw
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