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“For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
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“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.”
― Under The Deodars
― Under The Deodars
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