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“I need to produce great ideas, and I believe that if I were commissioned to design a new universe, I would be mad enough to undertake it.”
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“And if you want the story, then remember that a story does not unwind. It weaves. Events that start in different places and different times all bear down on that one tiny point in space-time, which is the perfect moment.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
“but as a scientist and an explorer I have a duty to bear witness to the Splendours of the World.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, re-created anew. Therefore, he understood, there is, in truth, no Past, only a memory of the Past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.”
― Thief of Time
― Thief of Time
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