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Walking Around
It so happens I am sick of being a man. And it happens that I walk into tailorshops and movie houses dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt steering my way in a water of wombs and ashes. The smell of barbershops makes me break into hoarse sobs. The only thing I want is to lie still like stones or wool. The only thing I want is to see no more stores, no gardens, no more goods, no...
“knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. mastering...”
– lao tzu, tao te ching
“each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: i, not events, have the power...”
– groucho marx
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“play! invent the world! invent reality!”
– vladimir nabokov
coincidence
Coincidence. Perhaps coincidence Explains it all. Why look far out, in deep For mystical solutions to make sense Of how a dream disturbed more than my sleep— A dream in which you sat bolt upright on A Windsor chair and wore a long blue dress (Ornamented with a white chiffon) And on your visage bore a dark distress And said your dog was dead? When I awoke, I thought the dream an impetus to phone,...
“gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those...”
– john milton
