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“I raised the lid, and laid it back against the wall. And then I saw something which filled my very soul with horror. There lay the Count, but looking as if his youth had been half restored. For the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey. The cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath. The mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran down over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood. He lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“Behind the heavens,
life and death, a tone,
Behind the heart,
a butterfly dancing,
In the end everything is simple,
as simple as a leaf that one holds in one’s hand,
as simple as the laughter of a child.”
― alexis karpouzos, The self-criticism of science: The contemporary philosophy of science & the problem of the scientific consciousness.

“Differences are not a failure of humanity, differences are a test of our humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“We are The exact meeting point Between infinite externalities And infinite internalities. So when we look out into the night sky And see the cosmos, We should also look into the I And see the cosmos. And as much universe As there is out there, There is also That much universe In here”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic