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We too are somehow impossible, formed of so many different things, Too many to make sense to anybody....

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Worry and brown desk Stain it by infusion. There aren't enough tags at the end,...

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It is the blankness that follows gaiety, and Everyman must depart Out there into stranded night, for his destiny...

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It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying....

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For this is action, this is not being sure, this careless Preparing, sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow,...

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Too often when you thought you'd be showered with confetti What they flung at you was a plate of hot spaghetti...

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Once a happy old man One can never change the core of things, and light burns you the harder for it.

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Such moments as we prized in life: The promise of a new day, living with lots of people...

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There are no other questions than these, Half squashed in mud, emerging out of the moment...

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Like snow having second thoughts and coming back To be wary about this, to embellish that, as though life were a party...

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It is because everything is relative That we shall never see in that sphere of pure wisdom and...

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Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

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The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.

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Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic.

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The basic Female body comes with the following accessories: garter belt, panty-girdle, crinoline, camisole, bustle, brassiere, stomacher, chemise, virgin zone, spike heels, nose ring, veil, kid gloves, fishnet stockings, fichu, bandeau, Merry Widow, weepers, chokers, barrettes, bangles, beads, lorgnette, feather boa, basic black, compact, Lycra stretch one-piece with modesty panel, designer peignoir, flannel nightie, lace teddy, bed, head.

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Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.

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A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

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Ah! Freedom is a noble thing! Freedom makes man to have liking:...

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That is coupled to foul thraldom. But if he had assayed it,...

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I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.

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