...the face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no more room for crying.
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Remembering bred its own peculiar sorrow. It seemed so unfair: that time should render both sadness and happiness into a source of pain.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects on the bittersweet nature of memories, where happiness can also bring sadness.
Rohinton Mistry's quote explores the complex emotions tied to memories, suggesting that recalling joyful moments can lead to pain. It highlights the duality of time, where the act of remembering can simultaneously evoke happiness and sorrow, presenting an unfair reality in the human experience of nostalgia.
Themes
MemorySorrowHappinessTimeBittersweet
In practice
Example use cases
Discussing the complexities of nostalgia during a psychology class.
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What folly made young people, even those in middle age, think they were immortal? How much better, their lives, if they could remember the end. Carrying your death with you every day would make it hard to waste time on unkindness and anger and bitterness, on anything petty. That was the secret: remembering your dying time, in order to keep the stupid and the ugly out of your living time.
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If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.
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