同 (together) 心 (mind) 同 (together) 德 (goodness)Are we doomed(?) to be irrevocably and meaningfully linked, connected, joined with the entire globe?
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Harold and Maude becomes 哈羅德和莫德 in Chinese. As luck would have it, (perhaps a joyful scheme?) both characters are given the character 德 ("dé " in Mandarin) meaning virtue, godliness, moral code.
哈羅德 (Harold) 和 (and) 莫德 (Maude)
Maude: Vice, virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully.
Harold: I haven't lived. I've died a few times.
Maude: You know, at one time, I used to break into pet shops to liberate the canaries. But I decided that was an idea way before its time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing. Oh my, how the world still dearly loves a cage.
Maude: Dreyfus once wrote from Devil's Island that he would see the most glorious birds. Many years later in Brittany he realized they had only been seagulls. For me they will always be glorious birds.
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taken with iPhone by Sharon Hahn Darlin, Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California
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