Women’s most important virtue is said to be beauty. We only have to visit facebook where we can find photos of dozens of beautiful and desirable women and we might take it for sure that they have nothing to worry about in their lives, destiny offers everything for them on a silver tray, they can choose from crowds of men. I was surprised when one of my male friends, after hearing my amazement in connection with the topic remarked: ‘Beauty. Come on! There are so many beautiful women that they are a dime a dozen. Beauty in itself is far from being enough for a sophisticated men, it can only be a basic requirement to start a relationship.’
/Agatha Seymour/
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When All Seems Lost — and Even When It Doesn’t… As a writer, I read more than average. Not necessarily books that fall within my immediate interests, but rather those I can learn from, marvel at, analyze word by word, and sometimes even those that demand more effort from me than usual. That is how it is with Alice Munro. I bought my first book by her when she received the Nobel Prize. Then life happened, and the volume sat on my bookshelf—either I had no time for it, or it lingered somewhere at the bottom of my list of priorities. When I finally picked it up, I could hardly believe my eyes—or my reaction. First, I was utterly outraged; my blood pressure shot through the roof in an instant, and I almost started swearing in disbelief. I had barely skimmed the first few lines, yet that was enough to know: it was perfect. A true masterpiece. Excellence among the excellent. Every word reached the deepest layers of my soul. I was touched by its purity, its delicacy, the noblest simpli...
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