Friday, February 18, 2011

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"The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers." — Angela Carter

12 comments:

Tom Stephenson said...

For several years, I used to walk down a little alley in Bath, and started to wave 'hello' to a woman who I saw washing-up at a window every morning. It wasn't until she died that I found out that it was Angela Carter.

rochambeau said...

Good food for thought, Yoli!
Sending back LOVE to you~~
and light and smiles~
Constance

Kenza said...

Beautiful photo. What a strong message in the quote... I hope you are all well! Mil besos!

Yoli said...

What a wonderful tale Tom. I am such a devoted fan of hers. I hate to use the word but I do worship her writing. I have read almost all of her books. It is such a tragedy that cancer took her away from us so soon.

Anonymous said...

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Agneta, the swedish one

;) said...

Beautiful... "Tiger" is a part of my life

Serline said...

That's what I keep telling my hubby, but he tries to win me over with his "turn the other cheek" philosophy ;-P

Tess Kincaid said...

I love that.

Robin said...

Dear Yoli,
I love this post.... for many reasons....one involving my last name!

And...I love your header! I have been away for far too long..... getting tangled up in L-I-F-E!

Hugs to you!

♥ Robin ♥

Amanda Summer said...

i love this yoli. joseph campbell used to say a similar thing -- it is not the nature of tigers to lie down and be tame. yin yang has its place in life ;-)

Diana Mieczan said...

The quote is beautiful and what a stunning photo. Kisses and enjoy your day

Serline said...

Guess there's always an exception. At the Sriracha Tiger Zoo we visited last week, we saw little piglets running around a Tigress and tiger cubs suckling on a sow. The pervasion we humans are capable of...