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Life—how terrible it was, and how unsuspected. One went on and on, never dreaming of the sudden dreadful day when the coverings were going to be dropped and one would see it was death after all, that it had been death all the time, death
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“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.”
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“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.”
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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
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― Happy Birthday to You!
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