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• Earth and sea merged, the sea tossed itself in the air in a fantastic dance, into the shapes of men and horses…
• In my solitude, many miles from men and houses, I am in a childishly happy and carefree state of mind, which you…
• The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but…
• Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when…
• For I mean to roam and think and make great irons red-hot.
• There is nothing like being left alone again, to walk peacefully with oneself in the woods. To boil one's coffee and fill…
• But now the world breaks in on us, the world is shocked, the world looks upon our idyll as madness. The world…
• I was conscious all the time that I was following mad whims without being able to do anything about it … .…

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