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My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kills every question. I don’t belong here.

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The cats sleep for days at a time and make love from the first star until dawn. Their pleasures are fierce, and their sleep impenetrable. And they kno...more

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...he was conscious of the disastrous fact that love and desire must be expressed in the same way...

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Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.

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On the whole men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or ...more