It hurts to go through walls, you get sick because of it, but its necessary. The world is one. But walls... and walls are a part of you. You know it or you don't but they are there... except for little children. There are no walls for them..
(Den Osynliga Väggen - Vermeer)

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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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