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“treat yourself entirely to what good things there are”

– Semonides van Amorgos, 650 vC

“die lyksang van onthou”

– Ka’afir

“On écrit pour crever, camarades!”

– Louis Calaferte, Carnets XIII, 1991

“We lived a lot and we saw a lot –

And he who lives sees wonders.”

– Naghieb Mafoez, “Old Age” uit al-Aghani

Conferring with myself

My stranger disappeared

Though first upon a berry fat

Miraculously fared

How paltry looked my cares

My practise how absurd

Superfluous my whole career

Beside this travelling Bird

– Emily Dickinson