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Snake
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The man who loves the rising sun must equally adore the darkest night. How else will the sun rise if not through the darkness? Who would enjoy the calm if they could not also embrace the storm? All greatness is born in the harshest conditions. It’s struggle, not having everything handed to you on a plate, which makes you great. If you’re afraid of struggle, you’re afraid of greatness. The Superman wants to march through hell. The Last Man wants to see only heaven. That’s why the Last Man does no
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― The Church of the Serpent: The Philosophy of the Snake and Attaining Transcendent Knowledge
― The Church of the Serpent: The Philosophy of the Snake and Attaining Transcendent Knowledge
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But the sea snake wasn’t slithering, it wasn’t even swimming, it just floated in the warm water, drifting contentedly, and I remembered that to be bitten by this, the most lethargic creature in the world, is to be guilty of being very, very stupid.
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― The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
― The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific
