मुझे उम्मीद है कि आप यह नहीं भूले होंगे कि किसी बच्चे की वजह से दोस्त को खोने का एहसास कैसा होता है?" ज़ाहिर है कि मैं उस अपनेपन के घेरे से अचानक बाहर धकेले जाने और किसी दूर के कोने पर पहुँच जाने के उस अहसास को भूली नहीं थी। दूसरा, तीसरा, चौथा, या आखिरी होना। किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति की तरह ट्रीट किया जाना जिसके पास कम ज्ञान हो, जो हीन हो।
You haven’t forgotten what it feels like to lose a friend because of a child, I hope?” If course I hadn’t forgotten that feeling of being abruptly pushed out of a close circle to some distant periphery. Coming second, third, fourth, last. Being treated like someone less knowledgeable, someone inferior.
You haven’t forgotten what it feels like to lose a friend because of a child, I hope?” If course I hadn’t forgotten that feeling of being abruptly pushed out of a close circle to some distant periphery. Coming second, third, fourth, last. Being treated like someone less knowledgeable, someone inferior.
जो लोग किताबें पढ़ते हैं," उसने आगे कहा, "वे आसानी से भुलाए जा सकने वाले लोग होते हैं। बेहद आसानी से।
People who read books,” he went on, “tend to be dispensable. Extremely.
People who read books,” he went on, “tend to be dispensable. Extremely.
मैंने यह बात पहले भी सुनी थी; इतनी बार सुनी थी कि मैं इससे पूरी तरह ऊब चुकी थी। लोगों ने अक्सर मुझसे कहा था कि मैं मजबूत हूँ, और मैंने इसे एक तारीफ की बजाय किसी बात को टालने वाले जुमले के रूप में लिया था – या जो भी इसका मतलब हो। क्योंकि मैं जानती थी, और आज भी जानती हूँ कि कोई भी इंसान मजबूत नहीं होता। सभी इंसान कमज़ोर होते हैं। कुछ लोग दूसरों के मुकाबले थोड़े ज़्यादा आत्मनिर्भर ज़रूर होते हैं, लेकिन इसका मतलब यह नहीं कि वे मजबूत हैं।
I heard that before; I’d heard it until I was completely sick of it. People had often told me I was strong, and I regarded it as something dismissive rather than a compliment – or whatever it was meant to be. Because I knew, and I know that there are no strong people. All people are weak. Some are certainly more independent than others, but that doesn’t mean they’re strong.
I heard that before; I’d heard it until I was completely sick of it. People had often told me I was strong, and I regarded it as something dismissive rather than a compliment – or whatever it was meant to be. Because I knew, and I know that there are no strong people. All people are weak. Some are certainly more independent than others, but that doesn’t mean they’re strong.