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Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.

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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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Humanity Reality
For you know only a heap of broken images
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Break Photograph Yourself
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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Bad Enough Possible
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
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
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Best Evidence Existence Future Hope Library Man
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
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Growth Poet
We do not pass through the same door twice Or return to the door through which we did not pass.
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Philosophy Place Travel
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
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
Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it
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Acceptance Past
There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
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Fear Feeling Grief Music
I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Life Myself
I am moved by fancies that are curled, around these images and cling, the notion of some infinitely gentle, infinitely suffering thing.
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Myself Photograph Suffering
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.
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Beautiful Courage Enough Life Man
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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End Theory World
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
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Inspirational Possible Risk
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
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Failure Writing
You are the music while the music lasts.
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Last Music Yourself
We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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Book Enough People Reading
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
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Death Desire Flower Memories Rain Season Spring
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand
Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.
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Deep Love

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