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Tag: Love

A necessary passion: Malafrena

January 17, 2021January 14, 2021 ~ Lory ~ 8 Comments

Ursula K. Le Guin, Malafrena (1979) When I was a fantasy-loving preteen, I bought the paperback copy of Orsinian Tales by Ursula K. Le Guin. It looked just like my copies of the Earthsea trilogy and The Wind's Twelve Quarters, and I expected to find more magical and otherworldly journeys within its pages. Instead, I … Continue reading A necessary passion: Malafrena

Do you hear the people sing?

March 3, 2020July 18, 2020 ~ Lory ~ 6 Comments

Last month we went to see the touring version of the new London production of Les Misérables in Zürich. I saw the original New York production many years ago as a teenager, and vividly recall how deeply I was moved; it stirred me to my core in a way I could not explain, as all … Continue reading Do you hear the people sing?

The greatest power

December 24, 2019July 18, 2020 ~ Lory ~ 3 Comments

What is it really that we should write in our hearts — the feeling that we may have on this Christmas night?      In this Christmas night there should pour into our hearts the fundamental human feeling of love, the fundamental feeling that says: compared with all other forces and powers and treasures of the world, … Continue reading The greatest power

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