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“Lying was as easy as saying nothing.”
― Inland
― Inland
“...the older she grew the more she came to recognize falsehood as the preservative that allowed the world to maintain its shape.”
― Inland
― Inland
“Oh, it was gorgeosity and yumyumyum. When it came to the Scherzo I could viddy myself very clear running and running on like the very light and mysterious nogas, carving the whole litso of the creeching world with my cut-throat britva.”
― A Clockwork Orange
― A Clockwork Orange
“Will the robotic tree perform
the original miracle, transforming
light into life?”
― A Small Porch: Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015 together with The Presence of Nature in the Natural World: A Long Conversation
the original miracle, transforming
light into life?”
― A Small Porch: Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015 together with The Presence of Nature in the Natural World: A Long Conversation
“But ain’t that how we learn to be ourselves? Failing to impress them that matter most to us?”
― Inland
― Inland
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