“ I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them. ”
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“ You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you think it’s a vast, magnificent panorama. You haven’t sounded the depths. You simply believe in the beauty of God’s creation. But I have spent all this time in the water, diving deep into the howling ocean of life, deeper than anyone. While you were admiring the surface, I saw the shipwrecks, the drowned bodies, the monsters of the deep ”
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“ The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears. ”
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“ The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. ”
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“ The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears. ”
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“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. ”
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“ There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow. ”
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“ Each memorable verse of a true poet has two or three times the written content. ”
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“ Perfection does not exist. To understand this is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness. ”
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“ How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception. ”
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