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I would go to heaven, but I would take my hell I would not go alone.

Antonio Porchia

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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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I can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.
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The confession of one man humbles all.
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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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You know so much about me and yet you don't understand me. To know is not to understand. We could know everything and still not understand anything.
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