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“I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant.”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“The hours of folly are measur’d by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“How can the bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?”
― Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Sit in a cage and sing?
How can a child, when fears annoy,
But droop his tender wing,
And forget his youthful spring?”
― Songs of Innocence and of Experience
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