"Poetry either pulses with real life or it's just an aborted simulacra. There's no middle ground."

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Andre Naffis-Sahely

#Real Quotes #Pulse Quotes #Middle Quotes

“It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences.”
“Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.”

Source : "Satyricon (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)". Book by Petronius (Chapter XCIV), late 1st century AD.
“what we call a home is merely any place that succeeds in making more consistenly available to us the important truths which the wider world ignores, or which our distracted and irresolute selves have trouble holding onto." (p123) Architecture of Happiness”
“They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on”
“You, of all people, deserve a happy ending.”
“Why seek the Deity further? Whatever we see is God, and wherever we go.”
“Life is short. But desire, desire is long.”
“Today has definitely been better than yesterday. We are having to do a little bit of sweeping but it is generally not too bad and I am still really enjoying the roads - I love being here!”

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