"i'm not sure. but there's something about the darkness, the stillness of this hour, i think, that creates a language of its own. there's a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying vulnerability we allow ourselves at exactly the wrong moment, tricked by the darkness into thinking it will keep our secrets. we forget that the blackness is not a blanket; we forget that the sun will soon rise. but in the moment, at least, we feel brave enough to say things we'd never say in the light." - Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me
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"can you always control your innermost thoughts? it's hard not to talk about something that's constantly on your mind." - Through A Glass Darkly (1961) dir. by Ingmar Bergman
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"i understand, all right. the hopeless dream of being—not seeming, but being. at every waking moment, alert. the gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone. the vertigo and the constant hunger to be exposed, to be seen through, perhaps even wiped out. every inflection and every gesture a lie, every smile a grimace.
life trickles in from the outside, and you're forced to react. no one asks if it is true or false, if you're genuine or just a sham. such things matter only in the theatre, and hardly there either. i understand why you don't speak, why you don't move, why you've created a part for yourself out of apathy. i understand. i admire. you should go on with this part until it is played out, until it loses interest for you. then you can leave it, just as you've left your other parts one by one." - Ingmar Bergman, Persona (1966)
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"can you always control your innermost thoughts? it's hard not to talk about something that's constantly on your mind." - Through A Glass Darkly (1961) dir. by Ingmar Bergman
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"i understand, all right. the hopeless dream of being—not seeming, but being. at every waking moment, alert. the gulf between what you are with others and what you are alone. the vertigo and the constant hunger to be exposed, to be seen through, perhaps even wiped out. every inflection and every gesture a lie, every smile a grimace.
life trickles in from the outside, and you're forced to react. no one asks if it is true or false, if you're genuine or just a sham. such things matter only in the theatre, and hardly there either. i understand why you don't speak, why you don't move, why you've created a part for yourself out of apathy. i understand. i admire. you should go on with this part until it is played out, until it loses interest for you. then you can leave it, just as you've left your other parts one by one." - Ingmar Bergman, Persona (1966)