There is a precarious balance to the life of a building. It has nothing to do with its … - Natsuhiko Kyogoku

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No happy person can be quite so impervious to pain (Gail Wynand to Dominique Francon)

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

There is a precarious balance to the life of a building. It has nothing to do with its age, or the beauty of its construction. A damaged building can always be repaired if it still has life, but a dead building will never be whole again.

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No, ghosts are real. You can see them, touch them, and hear them. But they do not exist. Which is why science ignores them. But to claim they are a fabrication and do not exist because science ignores them is a mistake. Because ghosts are real.

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