Man started out on the wrong foot. the misadventure in paradise was the first consequence. The rest had to follow.
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The appetite for torment is for some what the lure of gain is for others.
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Permalink to quote #169 Each time I think of the essential, I seem to glimpse it in silence or explosion, in stupor or exclamation. Never in speech.
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