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RKS Poetry Anthology: Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral?

Is it possible to go fishing after your funeral? The gnawing worms Probably reached you by now Spelling the end Can you be but a pleasant memory Or are you there watching while I string you on my hook? Robert K. Stephen

RKS Literature: Inebriation Followed by Tears and Hysteria (Anton Chekov)

“From past experience the Colonel knew that when women like his wife Sophia Lvovna had been in riotous, rather inebriated sprits he could normally expect fits of hysterical laughter and tears to follow. He was afraid that once they got home he would have to run around with the cold compresses and medicine instead ofContinue reading “RKS Literature: Inebriation Followed by Tears and Hysteria (Anton Chekov)”

RKS Literature: Happiness of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Happiness of Marriage. Everything habitual draws an ever-tighter net of spiderwebs around us; then we notice that the fibres have become traps, and that we ourselves are sitting in the middle, like a spider that got caught there and must feed on its own blood. That is why the free spirit hates all habits andContinue reading “RKS Literature: Happiness of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)”

RKS Literature: From the Future of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“From the Future of Marriage. Those noble, free-minded women who set themselves the task of educating and elevating the female sex should not overlook one factor: marriage conceived of in its higher interpretation, the spiritual friendship of two people of the opposite sexes, that is, as marriage hoped for in the future, entered into forContinue reading “RKS Literature: From the Future of Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)”

RKS Literature: Friendship and Marriage (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Friendship and Marriage. The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is based on talent for friendship.” Friedrich Nietzsche, “Human, All Too Human”, 1878.

RKS Literature: Marriage as a Long Conversation (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Marriage as a Long Conversation. When entering a marriage one should ask the question: do you think you will be able to have good conversations with this woman right into old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time in interaction is spent in conversation.” Friedrich Nietzsche, “Human, All Too Human”,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Marriage as a Long Conversation (Friedrich Nietzsche)”

RKS Literature: Desire to Avenge and Vengeance (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Desire to avenge and vengeance. To have thoughts of revenge and execute them means to be struck with a violent-but temporary fever. But to have thoughts of revenge without the strength or courage to execute them means to endure a chronic suffering, a poisoning of body and soul.” Friedrich Nietzsche, “Human, All Too Human”, 1878.

RKS Literature: Goodwill (Friedrich Nietzsche)

“Among the small but endlessly abundant and therefore very effective things that science ought to heed more than the great, rare things, is goodwill. I mean those expressions of a friendly disposition, in interactions, that smile of the eye, those handclasps, that ease which usually envelops nearly all human actions. Every teacher, every official bringsContinue reading “RKS Literature: Goodwill (Friedrich Nietzsche)”