It is easier to make yourself smaller.
To relinquish your identity, your responsibility.
To take all the punches and smile and be nice.
Disagreeing on the inside yet never speak a word.
Extract yourself from conflict, smoothen whatever has edges.
Lie down and let others have their way. And it will never be yours.
And you will disappear within the frames of self-victimisation.
There will always be people who want to harm others.
Of course you’re free and you can shout out your ideals, but
To be alert and vigilant should also be on your agenda.
You cannot walk around the streets and trust everybody you see,
That they have the same ethics and only the best intentions in mind.
You live in a world with both sides and plenty of nuances.
If you think that the way you are makes you untouchable,
You will always be wrong.
“Two elegant ladies” by Leo Gestel (1881-1941)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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