Illusions fall away one after another like the husks of a fruit, and that fruit is experience. It is bitter to the taste, but there is fortitude to be found in gall forgive me my old-fashioned turns of phrase.
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About Grard de Nerval, Selected Writings
Grard de Nerval, Selected Writings.
Themes
- Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world