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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
Aphorist
Poet
Writer
Takes
Suffering
Form
Human
Humans
Wakened
Shapeless
Asleep
Adversity

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