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February 2012
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HEINRICH HEINE on metamorphosis, reincarnation and eternal return:
“Time is infinite, but the things in time, the concrete bodies, are finite. They may indeed disperse into the smallest particles; but these particles, the atoms, have their determinate numbers and the numbers of the configurations which, all of themselves, are formed out of them is also determinate. Now, however long a time may...
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ANDREI TARKOVSKY ♥
“We can express our feelings regarding the world around us either by poetic or by descriptive means. I prefer to express myself metaphorically. Let me stress: metaphorically, not symbolically. A symbol contains within itself a definite meaning, certain intellectual formula, while metaphor is an image. An image possessing the same distinguishing features as the world it...
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William Blake in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things through narrow chinks of his cavern.”
On his book called “The Doors of Perception”, which details personal experiences when taking mescaline, Aldous Huxley titles it after...
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CHUCK PALAHNIUK: Fight Club
“WARNING: If you are reading this, then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don’t you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can’t think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that...
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“Não sou nada. Nunca serei nada. Não posso querer ser nada. À parte disso, tenho em mim todos os sonhos do mundo. Eu adoro todas as coisas e o meu coração é um albergue aberto toda a noite. Tenho pela vida um interesse ávido que busca compreendê-la sentindo-a muito. Amo tudo, animo tudo, empresto humanidade a tudo, aos homens e às pedras, às almas e às máquinas, para aumentar com isso a minha...
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From On the Road by JACK KEROUAC
“What do you want out of life?” I asked, and I used to ask that all the time of girls. “I don’t know,” she said. “Just wait on tables and try to get along.” She yawned. I put my hand over her mouth and told her not to yawn. I tried to tell her how excited I was about life and the things we could do together; saying that,...
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