a propósito de leituras de férias e de praticamente tudo, 2
'but reluctance to cause pain coupled with the necessity to devour... a peculiar human trick is the result, which consists in admitting and denying evils at the same time. to have a human life, and also an inhuman life. in fact, to have everything, to combine all elements with immense ingenuity and greed. to bite, to swallow. at the same time to pity your food. to have sentiment. at the same time to behave brutally. it has been suggested (and why not!) that reluctance to cause pain is actually an extreme form, a delicious form of sensuality, and that we increase the luxuries of pain by the injection of a moral pathos. thus working both sides of the street.' (saul bellow, 'herzog', 1964)
