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I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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You are the music while the music lasts.
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Last Music Yourself
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
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End Ourselves Place Start Time Travel
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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Death Deep Life Man
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
This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Joy Moments Oneself Pain
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.
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Sanity Suffering World
What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.
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Alone Escape Hell Oneself Philosophy Spiritual
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Fear Greatness Moments Myself See
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
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
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Fantasy Myself Sing Thinking
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Growth Poet
Distracted from distraction by distraction
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Distraction One Liner Philosophy

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

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