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Injury, when it is slight, upsets me when it is strong it calms me.
Antonio Porchia
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Antonio Porchia
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: November 25
Died: 1968
Died: November 6
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Every time I wake, I understand how easy it is to be nothing.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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My poverty is not complete: it lacks me.
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Yes, one must suffer, even in vain, so as not to have lived in vain.
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Even the smallest of creatures carries the sun in its eyes.
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When I look for my existence I do not look for it in myself.
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If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.
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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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We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.
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You think you are killing me. I think you are committing suicide.
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