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“The more we love someone, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that true love shows itself.”
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“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet black bough.”
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Petals on a wet black bough.”
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“I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.”
― Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille
― Violent Silence: Celebrating Georges Bataille
“Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaining it.”
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
― Erotism: Death and Sensuality
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Soundtracks for Books & Characters
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This is a place to talk about how listening to music relates to books and characters we read about. Do you have a particular album or song associated ...more
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