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“Derevaun Seraun! Derevaun Seraun!” (“The end of pleasure is pain!”)”
― Eveline
― Eveline
“The assaying of tea is an art and not a science. It is the man, and not his instruments, which is the most important.”
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“This is the hour of silence. In no way does silence mean lack of sound: it means a state in which the ear is the most alert.”
― The Hatred of Music
― The Hatred of Music
“When you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”
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“I'm afraid to write. It's so dangerous. Anyone who's tried, knows. The danger of stirring up hidden things - and the world is not on the surface, it's hidden in its roots submerged in the depths of the sea. In order to write I must place myself in the void. In this void is where I exist intuitively. But it's a terribly dangerous void: it's where I wring out blood. I'm a writer who fears the snare of words: the words I say hide others - Which? maybe I'll say them. Writing is a stone cast down a deep well.”
― A Breath of Life
― A Breath of Life
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