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“Să nu mă tem. Frica ucide mintea. Frica este moartea măruntă, purtătoarea desființării totale. Voi înfrunta frica. O voi lăsa să treacă peste mine, prin mine. Și, după ce va fi trecut, îmi voi întoarce ochiul interior și voi privi în urma ei. Pe unde a trecut frica, nu va mai fi nimic. Voi rămâne doar eu.”
― Dune
― Dune
“He thought the fear of death was perhaps the root of all art, perhaps also of all things of the mind. We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall, and in our hearts we know that we, too, as transitory and will soon disappear. When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something that lasts longer than we do.”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“I barely knew I had skin before I met you.”
― The Paying Guests
― The Paying Guests
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