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When I look back at that moment, I am reminded of the etymology of the word ‘uncanny’, from the old Scots ‘can’, or ‘ken’ – to know. The beauty of the word is in its ambiguity: to be faced with the simultaneity of both knowing and not
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
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― Kafka on the Shore
“You are what you love, not what loves you. ”
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“We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”
― Great Speeches / Abraham Lincoln: with Historical Notes by John Grafton
― Great Speeches / Abraham Lincoln: with Historical Notes by John Grafton
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