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"I lie on the beach like a crocodile and let myself be roasted by the sun. I never see a newspaper and don't give a damn for what is called the world."

"Individual perception untainted by others' influence does not exist."

"I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind."

"No doubt the spirit or energy of the world is what is acting in us, as the sea is what rises in every little wave; but it passes through us, and cry out as we may, it will move on. Our privilege is to…"

"I'm angry that I can't sleep    that I hate myself"

"Self-respect — The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."

"I had by now come to share Nigel's high opinion of himself."

"I am I and my circumstance, and if I don't save it I don't save myself."

"There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute. Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone."

"Every great poem is in itself limited by necessity, — but in its suggestions unlimited and infinite."

"It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below."

"I am an Assyrian. That is not negotiable."

"In the temple of his spirit, each man is alone."

"The spirit of punk-cabaret is that you fell that you can truly be all of who you are."

"You have to pick yourself up from where you fell."

"Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail."

"The jealous is possessed by a "fine mad devil" and a dull spirit at once."

"It’s no big job to fool yourself."

"If you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropiate port you find yourself docked."

"A Dervish is one who opposes whatever his baser self impels him to do."