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Wound me . . . I can only feed on my humiliated blood.


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Through the ear, we shall enter the invisibility of things.

Through the ear, we shall enter the invisibility of things.



How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)

How could an argument soothe or settle a controversy when every word is a nest for a bird of doubt? (meaning of words as inferences)



Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.

Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this.



We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed.

We do not truly speak except at a distance. There is no word not severed.



One rose is enough for the dawn

One rose is enough for the dawn



Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.

Always in a foreign country, the poet uses poetry as an interpreter.



Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?

Ah, the sun will catch me, in my disturbing transparency. What am I but an awareness of the dark, forever?



For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.

For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.



To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.

To whom to speak when the other no longer is? The place is empty when emptiness occupies all of the place.



My hands are full when you give me your hand.

My hands are full when you give me your hand.





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The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.

The piano and the singing are two equal things to me - maybe not inseparable but very connected. You can say they are like two equal voices.



Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.



Here ah am in the junky's limbo; too sick tae sleep, too tired tae stay awake. A twilight zone ay the senses where nothing's real except the crushing, omnipresent misery n pain in your mind n body.

Here ah am in the junky's limbo; too sick tae sleep, too tired tae stay awake. A twilight zone ay the senses where nothing's real except the crushing, omnipresent misery n pain in your mind n body.



So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.



As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.

As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.



I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.



I don't want to earn a living. I want to live.

I don't want to earn a living. I want to live.



Once I opened up a fortune cookie and inside was the guy's cheque next to me I said hey buddy I got your cheque he said thanks.

Once I opened up a fortune cookie and inside was the guy's cheque next to me I said hey buddy I got your cheque he said thanks.




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