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“I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”
― Leaves of Grass
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.”
― Leaves of Grass

“I don’t keep a travel diary. I did keep a travel diary once and it was a big mistake. All I remember of that trip is what I bothered to write down. Everything else slipped away, as though my mind felt jilted by my reliance on pen and paper. For exactly the same reason I don’t travel with a camera. My holiday becomes the snapshots and anything I forget to record is lost.”
― The Beach
― The Beach

“Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray

“We are the sum of all people we have ever met; you change the tribe and the tribe changes you.”
― Fierce People
― Fierce People

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