Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.
reality
A selected quote by Mark Twain.
Words are only painted fire; a book is the fire itself.
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If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be
Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced
A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea.