The time is getting closer for you to be coming [to Paula, in Paris]. Now I must ask you for your sake and mine, please spare both of us this time of trial. Let me go, Otto Otto Modersohn. I do not want you as my husband.... accept this fact; don't torture yourself any longer. Paula Modersohn-Becker
If you want to drown yourself, don't torture yourself with shallow water. Bulgarian Proverb
If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water. Bulgarian Proverb