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Planets & Stars

2017-02-23 · 1,669 views · license: CC BY-NC 2.0

Planets & Stars — pen and ink drawing by Daniel Ari Friedman. "What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?" ​— Regi
Planets & Stars — pen and ink drawing

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"What tho' the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile?" ​— Reginald Heber

"You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses." ​— Walter Benjamin, "Main features of my first impression of hashish," December 18, 1927

"I swear that what I went through, no animal would have gone through." This sentence, the noblest ever spoken, this sentence that defines man's place in the universe, that honors him, that re-establishes the true hierarchy, floated back into my thoughts. ​— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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