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“Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the center of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them.” quote by Jonathan Franzen — Download Open image

“Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the center of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them.”

Jonathan Franzen

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“An odd thing about beauty, however, is that it's absence tends not to arouse our sympathy as much as other forms of privation do.”

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They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each other out, these people of such specific like mind. They tell of how they found the circus, how those first few steps were like magic. Like stepping into a fairy tale under a curtain of stars……

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Some men make money not for the sake of living, but ache In the blindness of greed and live just for their fortune's sake.

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