Sweet and gentle and sensitive man With an obsessive nature and deep fascination For numbers And a complete infatuation with the calculation Of ?.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A gentle man is consumed by a deep obsession with numbers and calculation.
- In plain terms
- He loves numbers so much he thinks about them all the time.
- What can you take from it?
- Obsession can coexist with sensitivity and gentleness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives an obsession?
- Can gentleness exist with intensity?
Another view
Not all fascination with numbers leads to a complete infatuation.
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