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"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
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"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity."
"You've never seen death? Look in the mirror every day and you will see it like bees working in a glass hive."
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"There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul."
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