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> [“I read a page of Plato's great work. I can no longer understand anything, because behind the words on the page, which have their own heavenly brightness, to be sure, there shines an even brighter, an enormous, dazzling -why- that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eug-ne-ionesco/i-read-a-page-of-plato-s-great-work-i-can-no-longer-understand/)

[Eugène Ionesco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eug-ne-ionesco/)

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> [“I can see her struggling to find the right word. Death seems so harsh. Passing so oblique. Some things are beyond words, I suppose, and she never finishes the statement. It seems right, that her words should fall into oblivion;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelseyleigh-reber/i-can-see-her-struggling-to-find-the-right-word-death-seems-so-harsh/)

[Kelseyleigh Reber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelseyleigh-reber/)

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