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“My heart was full of the loneliness that follows merriment.”
― Naomi
― Naomi
“If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.”
― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
“We all know from our personal experience that we can be ourselves only in and through our world and there is a sense in which 'our' world will die with us although 'the' world will go on without us.”
― The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
― The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
“A small night storm blows
Saying ‘falling is the essence of a flower’
Preceding those who hesitate”
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Saying ‘falling is the essence of a flower’
Preceding those who hesitate”
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“The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently came to discover beauty in shadows, ultimately to guide shadows towards beauty’s ends.”
― In Praise of Shadows
― In Praise of Shadows
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