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Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form.

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Art is the provocation for talking about enigma and the search for sense in human life. One can do that by telling a story or writing about a fresco b...more

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Happiness is not something to be pursued, it is something met, an encounter. Most encounters, however, have a sequel; this is their promise. The encou...more

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That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single ...more

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A man's death makes everything certain about him. Of course, secrets may die with him. And of course, a hundred years later somebody looking through s...more