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"The Unseasonable man is one who will go up to a busy person, and open his heart to him. He will serenade his mistress when she has a fever. He will address himself to a man who has been cast in a surety-suit, and request him to become his security. He will come to give evidence when the trial is over."
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"All the concessions we make to Eros are holes in our desire for the absolute."
— Emil Cioran
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