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Noctuary
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And the Medusa will see to it that we are protected, sealing our eyelids closed with the gluey spittle of her snakes, while their bodies elongate and slither past our lips to devour us from the inside.
“The need to go astray, to be destroyed, is an extremely private, distant, passionate, turbulent truth.”
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
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