the curse of the romantics was the newly found drugs of subjectivity and individualism (along with opium, coffee and tobacco)
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:06 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/19/12 5:56:15 AM, [email protected] writes: > > > > - The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of > > expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. > > > > Marya Mannes > > > Jane Austen (i.e. one of her characters) said: > > b The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never > see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!b > > And she spoke of: "...that sanguine expectation of happiness which is > happiness itself..." > > -- S a u l O s t r o w *Critical Voices* 21STREETPROJECTS La Table Ronde 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011 [email protected] www.21stprojects.org
