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Our eyes are full of terrible confessions.


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Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.



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Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.



I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.



Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.



As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.



I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.



Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.

Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.



Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.

Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.



O starry night, This is how I want to die

O starry night, This is how I want to die



O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.





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A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.



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The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.



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The reason for great distress is the body. Without it, what distress could there be?



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