Surely all art is the result of one's having been in danger of having gone through an experience all the way to the end, where no one can go any further.

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The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

Love consists in this that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Love consists in this that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Let everything happen to you, Beauty and terror, Just keep going, No feeling is final.

Let everything happen to you, Beauty and terror, Just keep going, No feeling is final.

The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the noise.

The only sadnesses that are dangerous and unhealthy are the ones that we carry around in public in order to drown them out with the noise.

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    Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

    Experience, travel – these are as education in themselves.

    True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

    True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

    With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

    With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.

    Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience.

    Our consciousness is almost completely preoccupied with memory and expectation. We do not realize that there never was, is, nor will be any other experience than present experience.

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