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Even the smallest of creatures carries the sun in its eyes.
Antonio Porchia
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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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The little things are what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.
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My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.
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My bits of time play with eternity.
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I will help you approach if you approach, and to keep away if you keep away.
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I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes.
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Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.
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Everything that I bear within me bound, is to be found somewhere else free.
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They have stopped deceiving you, not loving you. And it seems to you that they have stopped loving you.
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I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell I would not go alone.
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