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I have been fighting over commas all my life.


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He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.

He moved like a dancer, which is not surprising; a horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music.



Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.



Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.



One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.

One is attracted to beauty. Beauty is the coordination of things, in such a way, that it is what attracts you. It's almost self-defining.



The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.

The shelf was filled with books that were hard to read, that could devastate and remake one's soul, and that, when they were finished, had a kick like a mule.



They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.

They gave themselves up to the stars the way swimmers can surrender to the waves, and the stars took them without resistance.



And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.

And if you were a spirit, and time did not bind you, and patience and love were all you knew, then there you would wait for someone to return, and the story to unfold.



If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.

If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.



Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.

Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.



And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.

And how does God speak to you?" "In the language of everything that is beautiful.





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The older a wizard grows, the more silent he becomes, like a woody vine growing over time to choke a garden path, deep and full of moss and snakes, running everywhere, impenetrable.



A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.



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I made a noise of disgust, and I think I would have stormed out if I knew how to open the door.



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The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree.



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If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.



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One of our goals was to serve a mission, which we are now doing. After that, we want to keep our family together eternally, be of service in whatever way possible, and endure to the end!



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Things divine are not attainable by mortals who understand sensual things.




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