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The desire to break the silence with constant human noise is, I believe, precisely an avoidance of the sacred terror of that divine encounter.

Matsuo Basho

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Matsuo Basho
Age: 50 †
Born: 1644
Born: January 1
Died: 1694
Died: November 28
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Vaxjo
Matsuo Basho
Bashō
Bashô
Basho
Matsuo Bashou
Believe
Sacred
Constant
Divine
Avoidance
Silence
Encounter
Break
Encounters
Desire
Precisely
Human
Noise
Humans
Terror

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