In life there are certain sores that, like a canker, gnaw at the soul in solitude and diminish it. The Blind Owl
“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind’s eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye.” Republic
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man Fragments
“I am dirty, Milena, endlessly dirty, that is why I make such a fuss about cleanliness. None sing as purely as those in deepest hell; it is their singing we take for the singing of angels.” (26 August 1920) Letters To Milena
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