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“As I see it, life is an effort to grip before they slip through one's fingers and slide into oblivion, the startling, the ghastly or the blindingly exquisite fish of the imagination before they whip away on the endless current and are lost for ever in oblivion's black ocean.” quote by Mervyn Peake — Download Open image

“As I see it, life is an effort to grip before they slip through one's fingers and slide into oblivion, the startling, the ghastly or the blindingly exquisite fish of the imagination before they whip away on the endless current and are lost for ever in oblivion's black ocean.”

Mervyn Peake

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Black Currents Effort Endless Exquisite Fingers Fishes Imagination Life Life is Lost Oblivion Ocean Slides

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