"One day I realized I loved it. Why? I was interested in the question because it was stupid and, on top of that, unanswerable. I struggled to answer the question. This is how I answered: I love him... differently than the others, differently than everyone before him... There is something in him that is indescribably familiar to me. It's as if we were once together among snakes and Lucifers, a long time ago, in Paradise.
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One day I realized I loved it. Why? I was interested in the question because it was stupid and, on top of that, unanswerable. I struggled to answer the question. This is how I answered: I love him... differently than the others, differently than everyone before him... There is something in him that is indescribably familiar to me. It's as if we were once together among snakes and Lucifers, a long time ago, in Paradise.
""Egy napon észrevettem, hogy szeretem. Miért? A kérdés érdekelt, mert ostoba volt, s a tetejébe megválaszolhatatlan. Iparkodtam felelni a kérdésre. Így feleltem: szeretem... másképp, mint a többit, másképp, mint mindenkit előtte... Valami van benne, ami számomra elmondhatatlanul ismerős. Mintha egyszer már együtt lettünk volna kígyók és Luciferek között, nagyon régen, a Paradicsomban."