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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Humanity Reality
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
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
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Communication Poetry Understand
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
So I find words I never thought to speak In streets I never thought I should revisit When I left my body on a distant shore.
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Body Myself Talk Thinking Word
In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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Decision Time
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Life Myself
In my end is my beginning.
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Beginning End Myself
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
Distracted from distraction by distraction
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Distraction One Liner Philosophy
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Act Greatness Reason Right Wrong
We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
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Exploration Place Time Travel
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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Death Deep Life Man
We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
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Absence Death Fade Fear Ourselves

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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