Michał
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“Strength is an empty shell. One cannot violate the promptings of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. Show me a man with a tattoo, and I’ll show you a man with an interesting past.”
― To Build a Fire
― To Build a Fire
“Uświadamia sobie, że męka towarzyszyła mu od urodzenia jako dar świata przekazany poecie. To fizyczne wspomnienie bólu, który daremnie usiłował uporządkować w strofy, ubrać w słowa przez te wszystkie zmarnowane lata życia. To coś gorszego niż ból. To poczucie nieszczęścia, bo świat każdemu oferuje ból.”
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“I wanted real adventures to happen to myself. But real adventures, I reflected, do not happen to people who remain at home: they must be sought abroad.”
― Ulysses and Dubliners
― Ulysses and Dubliners

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes playing a poor hand well.”
― To Build a Fire
― To Build a Fire

“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.”
― To Build a Fire
― To Build a Fire
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