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Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.


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How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we're just so small.

How fragile we are under the sheltering sky. Behind the sheltering sky is a vast dark universe, and we're just so small.



Life is lived only once. And the less seriously the better.

Life is lived only once. And the less seriously the better.



Everyone is isolated from everyone else. The concept of society is like a cushion to protect us from the knowledge of that isolation. A fiction that serves as an anesthetic.

Everyone is isolated from everyone else. The concept of society is like a cushion to protect us from the knowledge of that isolation. A fiction that serves as an anesthetic.



The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.

The sky hides the night behind it and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.



A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.



Security is a false God. Begin to make sacrifices to it and you are lost.

Security is a false God. Begin to make sacrifices to it and you are lost.



Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary.

Illness reduces man to his basic state: a cloaca in which the chemical processes continue. The meaningless hegemony of the involuntary.



The only effort worth making is the one it takes to learn the geography of one's own nature.

The only effort worth making is the one it takes to learn the geography of one's own nature.



She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.

She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.



If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another.

If people and their manner of living were alike everywhere, there would not be much point in moving from one place to another.





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Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.

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I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.

I love the natural world - it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.



December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond summer sympathies ensnared; Nor from the perfect circle of the year Can even winter's crystal gems be spared.

December drops no weak, relenting tear, By our fond summer sympathies ensnared; Nor from the perfect circle of the year Can even winter's crystal gems be spared.



The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

The media here is the opposition party. They don't understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.



The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.

The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.



Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.

Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset.



Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.



The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the real Self is realisation.

The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the real Self is realisation.



I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able to play.

I'm very grateful to be where I'm at and be able to play. That's really the bottom line for me. Survival and being able to play.




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