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«When we speak the word ''life',' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.»
Author: Antonin Artaud
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«Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: ''It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss... ''»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(Writer)
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«Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on to the surface.»
«Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom»
«We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
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