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Themes

  • Death — Contemplations on mortality, loss, and the legacy we leave
  • Sadness — Navigating grief, melancholy, and emotional depth

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“We're all golden sunflowers inside.”
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“I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.”
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“Poets are damned but see with the eyes of angels.”
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“I know I'm not God, are you? Don't be silly.God? God? Everybody's God? Don't be silly.”
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“Thank God I am not God! Thank God I am not God!”
— Allen Ginsberg
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“Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy! Holy!The world is holy! The soul is holy! The skin is holy!The nose is holy! The tongue and cock and handand assho...”
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