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You are the music while the music lasts.

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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
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
Teach us to care and not to care
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Care One Liner Teaching
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
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
Distracted from distraction by distraction
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Distraction One Liner Philosophy
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
Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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Past Present Science Time
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
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Humor Serious
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
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
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
This is one moment, / But know that another / Shall pierce you with a sudden painful joy.
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Joy Moments Oneself Pain
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
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Acceptance Life Strength Yourself
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand

You are the music while the music lasts.

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