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“Maintenant que la glace est rompue, causons." (Now the ice is broken, let's talk.)
-After shooting into a mirror”
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-After shooting into a mirror”
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“A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist.”
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“With a face of wrinkled leather and a ropy
body jettisoned of everything but raw muscle, he was like a heavy-smoking, hard-drinking Bilbo Baggins; the tiger was his Ring.”
― Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China
body jettisoned of everything but raw muscle, he was like a heavy-smoking, hard-drinking Bilbo Baggins; the tiger was his Ring.”
― Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great Cats to the Forests of Russia and China
“I studied mathematics which is the madness of reason.”
― Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
― Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector
“evening harmony
behold the times when trembling on their stems
the flowers evaporate like thuribles
the sounds and scents turn in the evening cool;
sad waltz, languid intoxication!
the flowers evaporate like thuribles
the viol quivers like a heart that's torn
sad waltz, languid intoxication!
the sky is sad like some memorial.
the viol quivers like a heart that's torn
a heart that hates the void perpetual!
the sky is sad like some memorial
the sun has drowned in it's vermillion
a heart that hates the void perpetual
recalls each glowing moment of times gone!
the sun has drowned in it's vermillion;
your memory shines my monstrance personal”
―
behold the times when trembling on their stems
the flowers evaporate like thuribles
the sounds and scents turn in the evening cool;
sad waltz, languid intoxication!
the flowers evaporate like thuribles
the viol quivers like a heart that's torn
sad waltz, languid intoxication!
the sky is sad like some memorial.
the viol quivers like a heart that's torn
a heart that hates the void perpetual!
the sky is sad like some memorial
the sun has drowned in it's vermillion
a heart that hates the void perpetual
recalls each glowing moment of times gone!
the sun has drowned in it's vermillion;
your memory shines my monstrance personal”
―
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