Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.

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I feel all shadows of the universe multiplied deep inside my skin.

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The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.

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Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

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I see you everywhere, in the stars, in the river, to me you're everything that exists; the reality of everything.

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In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.

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I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.

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I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful.

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One must learn to be silent just as one must learn to talk.

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But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age.

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