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We do not acquire wealth by letting something remain & wilt in our hands but only by letting everything pass through their grasp as if through the festive gate of return & homecoming. Our hands ought not to be a coffin for us but a bed sheltering the twilight slumber & dreams of the things held there, out of whose depths their dearest secrets speak.
— Jul 04, 2026 04:57PM
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Perhaps creating something is nothing but an act of remembrance.
How telling that people have defined the human to be the common element & the site where everyone can find & recognize each other. One has to learn to realize that it is precisely the human that makes us lonely.
— Jul 28, 2026 03:32PM
How telling that people have defined the human to be the common element & the site where everyone can find & recognize each other. One has to learn to realize that it is precisely the human that makes us lonely.
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Been doing immersion reading with the ebook & also the audiobook version of this narrated by Ethan Hawke, which has been great so far!
— Jun 01, 2026 10:45AM