For the majority of people, what they love exists only in the imagination. The object of their love is not the man or woman of reality, but what he or she is like in their imagination. The person in reality is just a template used for the
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“Medieval to Modern, Imperially Commissioned Fresco to Catatonically Impressionist Cheese Danish, Dada to Dali, Bosch to Banksy,”
― The Magnificent Third Rail: A Retrospective
― The Magnificent Third Rail: A Retrospective

“It is better to go forward without an aim than loiter without an aim, and with surety much better than to retreat without an aim.”
― Wieża Jaskółki
― Wieża Jaskółki

“But as the wise man said, life’s too short to drink bad wine. Regret is a terrible vintage.”
― The October Man
― The October Man

“everyone looks up like rats caught in a spotlight eating the brains of a friend dead in a trap.”
― Noir
― Noir
“After all, if all biographers were fixated on the mere fact of death, then we could simply replace every biography in existence with a sign that reads “Everyone dies” and end it at all at that, could we not?”
― The Magnificent Third Rail: A Retrospective
― The Magnificent Third Rail: A Retrospective
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