We are all on earth to help others. What on earth the others are here for, I can't imagine.
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I don't think the mystical experience can be verbalized. When the ego disappears, so does power over language.
Permalink to quote #88 Minus times minus equals plus, The reason for this we need not discuss.
Permalink to quote #90 I never write when I'm drunk. Why should one need aids? The Muse is a high-spirited girl who doesn't like to be brutally or coarsely wooed. And she doesn't lik…
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