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They’re talking about things of which they don’t have the slightest understanding, anyway. It’s only because of their stupidity that they’re able to be so sure of themselves.

Franz Kafka

The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.
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Breathe Experience Fight Laughter Rise Truth
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.
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Ability Beautiful Growth Old See
The person I am in the company of my sisters has been entirely different from the person I am in the company of other people. Fearless, powerful, surprising, moved as I otherwise am only when I write.
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Company Different Fear Myself People Person Powerful Writing
Do you know, darling? When you became involved with others you quite possibly stepped down a level or two, but If you become involved with me, you will be throwing yourself into the abyss.
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Possible Quite Yourself
The limited circle is pure.
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Limitation Pure
What if I slept a little more and forgot about all this nonsense.
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Escape Forget Myself
Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life.
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Life Wake Up
In a way, you are poetry material; You are full of cloudy subtleties I am willing to spend a lifetime figuring out. Words burst in your essence and you carry their dust in the pores of your ethereal individuality.
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Life Material Poetry Way Willing Yourself
Paths are made by walking
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Inspirational Path Walk
Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.
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Moments Myself Worth
All language is but a poor translation.
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Language One Liner Poor
I do not speak as I think, I do not think as I should, and so it all goes on in helpless darkness.
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Darkness Help Myself Talk Thinking
Please — consider me a dream.
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Dream Myself
I am in chains. Don’t touch my chains.
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Myself Touch
You misinterpret everything, even the silence.
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Silence Yourself
Forget everything. Open the windows. Clear the room. The wind blows through it. You see only its emptiness, you search in every corner and don’t find yourself.
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Empty Forget Philosophy Search Yourself

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