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For though, in nature, depth and height Are equally held infinite: In poetry, the height we know; 'Tis only infinite below.

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Edgar Allan Poe

A million candles have burned themselves out. Still I read on. (Montresor)

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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

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I am walking like a bewitched corpse, with the certainty of being eaten by the infinite, of being annulled by the only existing Absurd.

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Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

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There are moments when, even to the sober eye of Reason, the world of our sad humanity must assume the aspect of Hell.

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It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds.

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We are all strangers in a strange land, longing for home, but not quite knowing what or where home is. We glimpse it sometimes in our dreams, or as we turn a corner, and suddenly there is a strange, sweet familiarity that vanishes almost as soon as it comes.

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For though, in nature, depth and height Are equally held infinite: In poetry, the height we know; 'Tis only infinite below.

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The warrior is Here, Now.

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