“νυκτὸς ἐρημαίης ἀλαώπιδος...
Of night, the lonely, with her sightless eyes.”
― The Fragments of Empedocles
Of night, the lonely, with her sightless eyes.”
― The Fragments of Empedocles
“The gods of heaven are irrational.
So I may die and never meet you,
whom I love so much.”
―
So I may die and never meet you,
whom I love so much.”
―
“Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.”
― The Tempest
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong
Hark! now I hear them,—Ding-dong, bell.”
― The Tempest
“I was making frequent use of cocaine at that time ... I had been the first to recommend the use of cocaine, in 1885, and this recommendation had brought serious reproaches down on me.”
― The Interpretation of Dreams
― The Interpretation of Dreams
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