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  • love in the time of corona
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    The quarantine stories, part 1:
    Love in the time of corona

    March 25, 2020 / 2 Comments

    All happy relationships are alike; each unhappy relationship is unhappy in its own way. – Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy actually talks about families, but this is irrelevant now. For what I am about to tell you, the quote would serve me better if it said “relationships” instead of “families”. My literary ingeniousness thinks I have the right to alter quotes from Tolstoy, so please do not disagree. Here is why I need this quote. I consider my relationship with Felix a happy one. Of course, we have our challenges; I sometimes shout hysterically at him to get the f*ck away from me, and he sometimes tells me I am a crazy…

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    Human behavior and the spreading of the coronavirus

    March 22, 2020 / 3 Comments

    We all share this deep-rooted idea that if you threaten people, if fear is induced, it will get them to act. It seems like a really reasonable assumption. Except, science shows that warnings have very limited impact on behavior. - Prof. Tali Sharot

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    March 12, 2020 / 0 Comments

    You crave for a spring in your existence, you try to forget what you desire and focus on what you need, you leave your story unwritten, muted, suffocated, under the mixed pressure of expectations and fears...

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    March 8, 2020 / 0 Comments

    I must have been in my seventh or eight grade when I received a flower for the first time in my life for the 8th of March. A boy in my school approached me and gave me a rose while mumbling “Happy 8th of March”. Instead of “thank you, that is very kind of you”, I said “please give it to a teacher, I am neither a woman nor a mother”. I wish I understood the importance of celebrating this day back then a bit more. Also, I wish I got the chance to thank him properly and to tell him that it is wonderful that he is recognizing the…

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A free spirited runner, dancer, adventurer, environmentalist, and Physicist who tries to understand the Universe. Gets along with people, but not with mornings. I am here because I love and find infinite peace and joy in writing.

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