A reversed way of fighting temptations

The usual reaction: I'm going to quit it forever, but now I'll just have it one last time.

The reversed reaction: I might do it again in the future, but not right now.

A drop of nostalgy

Endless evolution

Every living being recreates itself every moment of time by enhancing the things it needs and neglecting the things it doesn't need. The more attention it pays to something, the more expressed this thing becomes in its life.

That's how each creature's look exactly reflects its desires and inclinations.

Hedgehog in the Fog

Simplicity

And an old black woman
was dandling a baby and singing:
'If I were a pharaoh,
I'd buy myself two pears:
I'd give one to my friend,
and I'd eat the other one myself...'

From Alexandria Songs by Mikhail Kuzmin

А старая черная женщина
качала ребенка и пела:
"Если б я был фараоном,
купил бы я себе две груши:

одну бы отдал своему другу,

другую бы я сам скушал..."

Из "Александрийских песен" Михаила Кузмина