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My bits of time play with eternity.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Time
Eternity
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I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes.
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My heaviness comes from the heights.
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When your suffering is a little greater than my suffering I feel that I am a little cruel.
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If only I could leave everything as it is, without moving a single star or a single cloud. Oh, if only I could!
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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.
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A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me.
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Out of a hundred years a few minutes were made that stayed with me, not a hundred years.
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Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise.
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I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell I would not go alone.
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Night is a world lit by itself.
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Even the smallest of creatures carries the sun in its eyes.
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He who goes step by step always finds himself level with a step.
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He who does not fill his world with phantoms remains alone.
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Following straight lines shortens distances, and also life.
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I can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.
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He who tells the truth says almost nothing.
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Without this ridiculous vanity that takes the form of self-display, and is part of everything and everyone, we would see nothing, and nothing would exist.
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Beyond my body my veins are invisible.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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