It began as research. I wrote of silences, of nights, I scribbled the indescribable. I tied down the vertigo.
ARTHUR RIMBAUDWhose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? – Through whose blood am I to wade ?
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The only unbearable thing is that nothing is unbearable.
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I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
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I shed more tears than God could ever have required.
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Weakness or strength: you exist, that is strength. You don’t know where you are going or why you are going, go in everywhere, answer everyone. No one will kill you, any more than if you were a corpse.
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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn.
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Eternity. It is the sea mingled with the sun.
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As for me, I am intact; and I don’t care.
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To whom shall I hire myself out? What beast should I adore? What holy image is attacked? What hearts shall I break? What lies shall I uphold? In what blood tread?
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Life is the farce which everyone has to perform.
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As I descended into impassable rivers I no longer felt guided by the ferrymen.
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My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?
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One evening I sat Beauty on my knees – And I found her bitter – And I reviled her.
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I wrote silences; nights; I recorded the unnameable.
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I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.
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I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent.
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