Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.

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Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

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I talk in a daze, I walk in a maze I cannot get out, said the starling

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I have no desires, save the desire to express myself in defiance of all the world’s muteness.

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Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.

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We think not in words but in shadows of words.

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Let all of life be an unfettered howl.

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My mind speaks English, my heart speaks Russian, and my ear prefers French.

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Why should I tolerate a perfect stranger at the bedside of my mind?

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Which arrow flies for ever? The arrow that has hit its mark.

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