In day's first hours consciousness can grasp the world
as the hand grips a sun-warmed stone.

Tomas Tranströmer

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Time is not a straight line, but more like a labyrinth.

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I am carried in my shadow 
like a violin 
in its black case

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There is a hidden spark in the forest that can only be found by the one who is lost.

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