Are the daughter's miseries the mother's triumphs?
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Sometimes, when I lie awake at night, I wonder whether I've lived at all. Is it the same for everybody? Do some people have a greater talent for living than others or do some people never live, but just exist?
Chopin was emotional, but not mawkish. Feeling is very far from sentimentality, The preulde tells of pain, not reverie. It hurts, but he doesn't show it.
A sense of reality is a matter of talent. Most people lack that talent and maybe it's just as well.