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“before men could speak they enjoyed confounding another with signs
they enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an image
as much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave”
― The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
they enjoyed this as much as a mirror enjoys an image
as much as the evening like a ship enjoys a sapphire grave”
― The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
“I have perceived that in all cases man must eventually lower, or at least shift, his conceit of attainable felicity; not placing it anywhere in the intellect or the fancy; but in the wife, the heart, the bed, the table, the saddle, the fire-side, the country.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“Todo eso que está inútilmente añadido a la pura necesidad, es arte.”
― Los renglones torcidos de Dios
― Los renglones torcidos de Dios
“the trouble with the people on this planet is they refuse to think they refuse to believe anything except what they know”
― Prophetika Book One
― Prophetika Book One
“The Minnow
If I press
on its head,
the eyes
will come out
like stars.
The ripples
it makes
can move
the moon.”
― The Singing Knives
If I press
on its head,
the eyes
will come out
like stars.
The ripples
it makes
can move
the moon.”
― The Singing Knives
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