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“Was ich den Pyrenäen am meisten vorwerfe, ist, dass sie ein Gebirge sind ...”
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“Nur die phantasielosen flüchten sich in die Realität.”
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“Man möchte sich das Gehirn herausnehmen, um es zu kratzen.”
― Hans Lebert, Die Wolfshaut
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“Mon cœur au chaud, ce lapin, derrière sa petite grille des côtes, agité, blotti, stupide.”
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“Maybe knowledge is as fundamental, or even more fundamental than [material] reality.”
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