बाहरी आज़ाद शायद ही कभी अस्तित्व में रही हो, लेकिन मैंने भी कभी ऐसे किसी व्यक्ति को नहीं देखा जो आंतरिक रूप से आज़ाद हो।
External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom.
External freedom has probably never existed, but neither have I ever known anyone who knew inner freedom.
मैं जानता था कि मैं इस तरह से आगे नहीं बढ़ सकता, लेकिन मुझमें कभी इतनी हिम्मत नहीं रही कि मैं किसी चिंता को शुरुआत में ही कुचल सकूँ। मुझे हमेशा तब तक इंतज़ार करना पड़ता था जब तक कि वह पूरी तरह पक न जाए और खुद-ब-खुद मुझसे अलग न हो जाए।
I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I always had to wait until it was ripe and mature and fell from me.
I knew I couldn't go on like this, but I'd never been capable of simply nipping an anxiety in the bud. I always had to wait until it was ripe and mature and fell from me.
अचानक मेरे मन में एक विचार कौंधा: मैंने महसूस किया कि मैं एक राक्षस हूँ, एक ऐसा राक्षस जो जंगलों में आज़ाद और अकेला घूमना चाहता है और जिसे अपनी त्वचा पर पेड़ की एक टहनी का स्पर्श भी बर्दाश्त नहीं है।
Suddenly I had a flash of insight: I am a monster, I realized, a monster that wants to stalk through the woods, free and alone, and cannot even bear so much as the touch of a branch on its skin.
Suddenly I had a flash of insight: I am a monster, I realized, a monster that wants to stalk through the woods, free and alone, and cannot even bear so much as the touch of a branch on its skin.