What is Nelly Sachs's central idea on suffering?
Suffering, for me, is not merely an individual wound, but a cosmic tremor, a fundamental aspect of existence that can, paradoxically, lead to a profound revelation. It is a language spoken by the earth, by the very dust of forgotten stars. Through the crucible of pain, humanity's true nature can be laid bare, stripped of all artifice. In this rawness, there is the potential for a splinter of the divine to emerge, a fragile hope that transcends the boundaries of our earthly suffering. It is a wound that, in its telling, begins the long, arduous path toward healing.
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