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Following Darkness

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Demophon, a Traveller's Tale: Journey of Self-Discovery in a Dream-Like World

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“The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.”
― Norman Mailer

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“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
― Nadine Gordimer

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“Beirut is the Elizabeth Taylor of cities: insane, beautiful, falling apart, aging, and forever drama laden.She'll also marry any infatuated suitor who promises to make her life more comfortable, no matter how inappropriate he is.”
― Rabih Alameddine, An Unnecessary Woman

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“Every morning the gazelle wakes up knowing she must run faster than the lion or will be dead. Every morning the lion wakes up knowing he must run faster than the gazelle or he'll starve. It doesn't matter if you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun rises you better start to run.”
― Mia Couto, A Confissão da Leoa

tags: wisdom-of-life

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“Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Anti-Christ

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