At eighteen the heart shoots like a pebble from a slingshot and the head doesn't sit on the shoulder.

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When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky.

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I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago, I'm seven now as I was then - When children die, they do not grow.

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The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?

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However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.

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At eighteen you don't think about memories, you tell them.

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That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

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Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.

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I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new world.

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At eighteen you sleep without memories.

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