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Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
Absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends.
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. - The Silence of the Sea.
The moment a man talks to his fellows he begins to lie. - The Silence of the Sea.
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent read more
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - read more
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. - The Labyrinth of Solitude, 1950.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars read more
Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood.
How glorious it is -- and also how painful -- to be an exception.
How glorious it is -- and also how painful -- to be an exception.
