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I never wondered why sad things have happened to me; indulged in the 'why me?' syndrome. The death of my first and second husband from the same cancer; my grandson's brain tumour; my own cancer; other things - it's live. Or death. There is no reason, no punishing for past sins, no testing of faith, no lessons learnt. It just is.
Centuries ago, families of workers thought this was the be-all and end-all, they ware important, and their work vital. Yet here I was, sitting on a broken wall of their house, not even knowing who they ware. Civilisations come and go. I wonder what will survive of ours.
An actor like me is inclined to overdo the empathy because it is part of our job to put ourselves in other people's shoes, but I belive that lack of it is at the root of a hell of a lot of problems.