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“Our heart always transcends us.”

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German poet known for his profound poetry and epistolary works. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry style is unique, often exploring themes such as loneliness, love, and religious faith. more

“We knew so little about eachother. We lay mostly submerged, like ice floes with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white. Here was a rare sight below the waves, of a man's privacy and turmoil, of his dignity upended by the overpowering necessity of pure fantasy, pure thought, by the irreducible human element - Mind.”

Men Mind Humans Littles Self Social White Fantasy Pure Elements Dignity Sight Lays Wave Ice Visible Privacy Turmoil Submerged Overpowering

Author:Ian Mcewan

“I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.”

Men Wanted Father Hero Cattle My Hero Rodeo

Author:Dave Brubeck

“The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out of the window; bandaged forearms made the Red Salute. It was like an allegorical picture of war; the trainload of fresh men gliding proudly up the line, the maimed men sliding slowly down, and all the while the guns on the open trucks making one's heart leap as guns always do, and reviving that pernicious feeling, so difficult to get rid of, that war *is* glorious after all.”

Source: Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London

“No, if there's any ultimate redemption, it would be because I passed though your life without scarring you, and did not diminish who you are.”

Ifs Would Be Ultimate Who You Are Redemption Diminish Scarring

Author:Dean Koontz

“Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?”

I Can Asks Pieces Ask Me Making Love Grandpa

Book:The View from Saturday

Source: The View from Saturday

“The beginning of it starts at the end”

Ends

Author:Tom Waits

“My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.”

Soul Cat My Soul Burning Smoke Foul Fur

Book:Cat's Cradle: A Novel

Source: Cat's Cradle: A Novel

“Perhaps eggs are like neurons, which also are not replenished in adulthood: they know too much. Eggs must plan the party. Sperm need only to show up- wearing top hat and tails, of course.”

Knows Needs Shows Courses Party Too Much Plans Hats Eggs Adulthood Tails Neurons Top Hats

Book:Woman: An Intimate Geography

Source: Woman: An Intimate Geography

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