Quotes
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“All things understood of a familiar person, or familiar object, is as such. For the familiarity of a person or object, is in relating its likeness to something already similar. We each have flesh, as humans, and such flesh can be wounded so that it is not familiar to us. We are shocked by the…
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“Arrogance. The word, itself, is the seed to some lie, some delusion that people will easily consume. ‘For what makes the world fatter, is something that does not matter,’ could be a quote for an entire century. Behold, what makes something large, like an ego, is what pertains to laziness. The person who says they…
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“To comprehend a man, is knowing that his greatest threat, is always himself. His battles within, are the battles for the lie he believes is his strength. Though, his truth dwells forever in the woman of his love, for he can easily be broken before her. He becomes the infant cradled by the angel, beloved…
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“Men are never told by some unseen force, to never weep. It is in their personal motto, to never weep. For if they have heard the words, ‘Do not cry’ from another man, it has been easily recognized as right to listen to. Though, that is only because the man in turmoil has said such…
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“Where is the use in asking a question, though possess no certainty in one’s answer to it? Where is the point in being comforted by question? Are schizophrenics next to say they’re comforted by their own fears? They are tormented by them, and a schizophrenic feels more uncertainty than any other person. Why ask a…
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“We protect beauty as easily as we despise the sting of hurt feelings. We protect our inner selves, shielding ourselves with a mask of toughness. Though, for external protection, in the name of love, we protect because a lover has a need to be heroic. Love is what protects beauty. Love is all that protects…
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“Not one person is special to the reflection of themselves. For the only time a person is deemed as such, is through another person’s gaze. We are all vulnerable, until we are lifted by another person’s arms, shown that we are special through their eyes. Were there to be the last person to live in…
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“Is love a gift? If so, then how does one gift themselves love? Is love based on trust? If so, then how does one earn trust, for themselves? Does love involve comprehending ourselves? If so, then how can we comprehend ourselves, without interacting with others? What love is, is not the lust that is for…
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“To look upon the dead, believe them to be heroes, would mean to never see life as something to be praised. One has embraced cowardice, in this sense, in the belief that another should be dead, so that their death is taken for advantageous gain. A dead individual cannot fight back, cannot speak against what…
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“Fear is the emotion where prejudice originates. To eliminate prejudice, would mean to eliminate fear. To eliminate fear, would mean to eliminate love. Because, to have any reason in the world to be brave, represents why fear is cloaking one’s shoulders, in the first place. That is, to be brave, means that one is feeling…
Modern Romanticism 