“I bite deeply into my lips; we know well that to gain a small, extraneous pain serves as a stimulant to mobilize our last reserves of energy. The Kapos also know it: some of them beat us from pure bestiality and violence, but others beat us when we are under a load almost lovingly, accompanying the blows with exhortations, as cart-drivers do with willing horses.”
—Primo Levi, If This Is a Man
Tom Blog 
January 26, 2012 at 9:00 pm |
Hi, Tom – name’s Jim and I’ve been enjoying your blog *very* much. Started talking to you, or at you, over at Glenn Kenny’s site – check it out next time your around. Very glad I clicked through to you.