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“The bell rings, we get up. The bell rings again, we go to bed. We retire to our rooms; we saw life pass by beneath our windows, observed it in books and on our walks, watched the seasons change. It was always a reflection, a reflection that seemed to freeze on our windowsills... We imagined the world. What else can we imagine now if not our own deaths? The bell rings and it's all over.”
― Sweet Days of Discipline
― Sweet Days of Discipline
“You can call me a thief if you like, a thief of ceremonies”
― The Water Statues
― The Water Statues
“On a bench a toad kept him company: "A slaughterhouse aesthetic must exist.”
― The Water Statues
― The Water Statues
“Change wears my sister’s moccasins. He stays up late and wakes up early. He likes to come up quietly and kiss me on the back of the neck when I am at my drawing table. He wants to amuse people, and it hurts him when they yell at him. Change is very musical, but sometimes you must listen for a long time before you hear the pattern in his music.”
― The Book of Qualities: An Evocative Work of Poetic Psychology―Magical Personifications of Human Emotions
― The Book of Qualities: An Evocative Work of Poetic Psychology―Magical Personifications of Human Emotions
“Non-living things are not living, yet they live longer than the living.”
― Night of a Thousand Thoughts
― Night of a Thousand Thoughts
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