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Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker.
Antonio Porchia
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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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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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You are sad because they abandon you and you have not fallen.
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When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
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I believe that the soul consists of its sufferings. For the soul that cures its own sufferings dies.
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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness.
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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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The shadows: some hide, others reveal.
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