Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging t

Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: Its four o clock. At five I have my abyss… – Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Make sense who may. I switch off. – Samuel Beckett

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