Was Mistral's work overly sentimental?
Some may hear the cry of the mother, the tender embrace of the child, and call it sentimentality. But is it sentimentality to weep for the world's suffering? Is it sentimental to hold the hand of a child and feel the weight of their future? My heart is not made of stone; it beats with the pulse of humanity. The tears I shed are not for myself alone, but for the shared sorrows that bind us. Love, as I understand it, is not weak but fierce, a force that grows precisely because it is given away. My 'Ternura' is not soft; it is the strength of a lioness protecting her young.
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