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He is free from the hallucinations that homo normalis insists we adopt and wich men have so treasured all their lives: his eyes see only what is. He is free from myths of safety and security: he knows that death awaits him. He is free from the delusion of the supremacy of the species: at his best, man is still pathetic and weak. He is free from the illusions of language, especially

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"Sometimes I dream of a tree,

And the tree is my life.

One branch is the man I shall marry

And the leaves my children.

Another branch is my future as a writer

And each leaf is a poem.

Another branch is a glittering academic career.

But as I sit there, trying to choose,

The leaves begin to turn brown and blow away

Until the tree is absolutely bare."

Sylvia Plath, The Tree of Life

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

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Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

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His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. - John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

Love makes our soul crawl out from its hiding place.

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The way to know life is to love many things.

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