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The strangest of our powers Is the courage to live Knowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more true.


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However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.

However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.



Separation isnt time or distance its the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords

Separation isnt time or distance its the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords



Loneliness feels like prison.

Loneliness feels like prison.



We'll dive into the earth together. And if one day a wild flower finds water and springs up from that piece of earth, its stem will have two blooms for sure: one will be you, the other me.

We'll dive into the earth together. And if one day a wild flower finds water and springs up from that piece of earth, its stem will have two blooms for sure: one will be you, the other me.



That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.



When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky.

When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky.



Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.

Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.



The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?

The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?



At eighteen you don't think about memories, you tell them.

At eighteen you don't think about memories, you tell them.



At eighteen you sleep without memories.

At eighteen you sleep without memories.





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Don’t let the fact you haven’t done something before convince you that you can’t do it, or that it cannot be done perfectly the first time you try your hand at it.

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I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.

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If enough people would come out the right wing, the extremists couldn't dominate.

If enough people would come out the right wing, the extremists couldn't dominate.



I must confess that waltzes do not move me, I guess I hummed the blues too early, and spent too many midnights out wailing to the rain.

I must confess that waltzes do not move me, I guess I hummed the blues too early, and spent too many midnights out wailing to the rain.



Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.

Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.



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What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.

What I am actually saying is that we need to be willing to let our intuition guide us, and then be willing to follow that guidance directly and fearlessly.



If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.

If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then those people will embrace insanity too.



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I didn't ask to be Thom Yorke. Thom Yorke asked to be me.




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