QotD: Pain in Growth
Sep. 28th, 2011 11:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
The problem's not that the truth is harsh but that liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born. Run after truth until you're breathless. Accept the pain involved in re-creating yourself afresh. These ideas will take a life to comprehend, and hard one interspersed with drunken moments.
--Nagui Mahfouz in Palace of Desire
--Nagui Mahfouz in Palace of Desire