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If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.

T. S. Eliot

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
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Beyond Escape Experience
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us and we drown.
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Deep Dream Fantasy Girl Human Sea Voice Wake Up
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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Election Fake Live Peace Politics
For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
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Evening Life Morning Myself
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.
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Change Language Voice Word
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
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Body Lover Need Talk Thinking True Love
There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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Death Life Oneself Remember Yourself
Do I dare Disturb the universe?
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Dare Myself World
Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended
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End Friendship Reality Repair
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. We must always take risks. That is our destiny.
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Destiny Fools Harm Ourselves Risk Yourself
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Humor Serious
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Beginning Deep End Philosophy Start
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
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Deep Knowledge Lost Wisdom

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