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We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.


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My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.



The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.



We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.



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There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.



Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.



I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.



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It's been a long time since I've been me.



I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

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