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And here the context for the Quote, @diogenes_cask mentioned, in German:

„Ich glaube, man sollte überhaupt nur solche Bücher lesen, die einen beißen und stechen. Wenn das Buch, das wir lesen, uns nicht mit einem Faustschlag auf den Schädel weckt, wozu lesen wir dann das Buch? Damit es uns glücklich macht, wie Du schreibst? Mein Gott, glücklich wären wir eben auch, wenn wir keine Bücher hätten, und solche Bücher, die uns glücklich machen, könnten wir zur Not selber schreiben. Wir brauchen aber die Bücher, die auf uns wirken wie ein Unglück, das uns sehr schmerzt, wie der Tod eines, den wir lieber hatten als uns, wie wenn wir in Wäldern verstoßen würden, von allen Menschen weg, wie ein Selbstmord, ein Buch muß die Axt sein für das gefrorene Meer in uns.„...Franz Kafka

And here in English:
"I think you should only read books that bite and sting you. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a punch to the skull, why are we reading it? So that it makes us happy, as you write? My God, we would be happy even if we didn't have books, and we could write the books that make us happy ourselves if need be. But we need books that affect us like a misfortune that hurts us very much, like the death of someone we liked better than us, like being cast out into the woods, away from all people, like a suicide, a book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us."

And I would like to add: The same applies to healers.
Healers definitly have to be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

Best wishes
Christine

Edited by H_E_A_R_T .

I tried to translate WITHOUT GOOGLE what Christine wrote but i did use my dictionary too sorry!! 😛


I think, you have to read the books which bite and are stingy. When the book that we read does not hit you, why do we read that book? If it makes us happy, how do you write? My God, we were also happy when we did not have books. And books which make us happy we can write them also ourselves. We need the books that work like an accident, which hurt us, like the death, then we love like when we are pushed away from all the people, like killing yourself, a book must be the axe for the frozen lake in us.


Sorry if i made mistakes but i think it means something like that. But some words i did not understand completely EVEN with the dictionary bc they made not really sense so i guessed it what he wanted to say.

Hi Yue,

I added the English version in my post. Which words didn`t you understand?
I think quotes shouldn`t be altered. And there was a interpretation error.

But I really appreciate your effort.

Danke sehr Christine!! 😛 So these two parts i did not understand but i read it now in your English part:


"Damit es uns glücklich macht, wie Du schreibst?" I thought it was "If it makes us happy, how do you write?" but that would be strange. And also: "wie der Tod eines, den wir lieber hatten als uns, wie wenn wir in Wäldern verstoßen würden," and i thought it meant: "like the death, then we love like when we are pushed away but i know some words were away but i just could not translate it with only the dictionary so i had to guess.


But you are right that it is a quote and you are not allowed to change it but i did not know how to translate it completely! 😛

And don`t get me wrong, Yue.
You are allowed to interpret quotes
but not to translate it incorrectly.

Good night
c.

And don`t get me wrong, Yue.
You are allowed to interpret quotes
but not to translate it incorrectly.

Good night
c.

Yes i know it is not allowed to translate incorrectly but it was not on purpose bc some parts i just did not understand. But I am happy that you also wrote it in English! 😊😊🙏🙏

“Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.” ― Vladimir Nabokov

Be weird,Be random,Be who you are ,because you never know who would love the person you hide...

“Virtue becomes unhealthy if it is not softened by some misdemeanors, and faith quickly becomes cruel if is not subdued by certain doubts.” ― Amin Maalouf

This is a very nice Chinese proverb i want to share here and maybe some people who visit this forum will like it too:


"爱不是占有,而是欣赏"


This proverb means that love (爱) is NOTTT about possessing and having, but instead it is about appreciating and enjoying. 😊😊


Is there a proverb in YOUR language that you really like? If you want you can post it below!!! ⬇️⬇️ Thank you very much! ✨🙏🙏✨

“Those who do wrong unintentionally are in need of instruction, not punishment.” ― Socrates

“Those who do wrong unintentionally are in need of instruction, not punishment.” ― Socrates

I agree with the quote completely!!! We discussed for example in the jobs forum if you are a waitress and you break glasses do you have to pay for it? And i think it would not be fair. @Fleurke had to pay for it sometimes but @-Kiki- not and i think that the restaurant or the bar must pay for it if you do break stuff without the intention. So you should not be punished. 🙂

Today is Nothing To Fear Day and on this website there is a nice quote about fear:



I hope that everybody has LESS fear today!!! 😊😊🙏🙏

“Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.” ― Charles Baudelaire

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” ― Bertrand Russell

“The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.” ― Bertrand Russell

That's a deep one

That's a deep one

Indeed. Truth is kind of a bottom fish swimming in the ocean of wisdom, and you always need to dive deep to hunt it.

Disziplin beginnt, wenn der Komfort aufhört. Wachse und werde stärker. - Discipline starts, when comfort stops. Grow and grow stronger.