May 2012
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“Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither...”
– Zhuang Zhu translated by Lin Yutang
May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 30th
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May 29th
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“Fairy-tales and legends often tell of a knight of who suddenly catches sight of...”
– Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness unto Death [1849], Part One: C. The Forms of his Sickness (Despair), p. 41
May 29th
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May 29th
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May 29th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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“I want to live with myself, / I want to enjoy the good that I owe to heaven, /...”
– Fray Luis de León, The Life Removed (verse 40), translated by Eliot Weinberger
May 28th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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“Things seemed so much more clear cut back home. Even the light was clearer. Here...”
– Reginald Hill, The Stranger House, Chapter 6: The Hall, pp 531
May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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May 26th
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The Blind live in a world that is inconvenient, and undefined world from which certain colors emerge: for me, yellow, blue (except that the blue may be green), and green (except that green may be blue). White has disappeared, or is confused with grey. As for red, it has vanished completely. But I hope someday – I am following a treatment – to improve and to be able to see that great color, that...
May 26th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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