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Between Living and Dreaming

Seeing the World as It Is, and the World as It Could Be

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The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour, And for me, now as then, it is too much, There is too much world.

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Czesław Miłosz – The Separate Notebooks

Words in this Chapter

Rückkehrunruhe

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The Til

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Zielschmerz

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Occhiolism

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Scabulous

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Vulture Shock

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Trumspringa

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Fitzcarraldo

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Chrysalism

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Looseleft

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Aubadoir

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Idlewild

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The Kick Drop

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Wildred

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Volander

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Justing

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Kairosclerosis

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Gobo

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RANDOM Words

Solla, Solla, Solla

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Vaucasy

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Keta

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Nachlophobia

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Proluctance

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Latigo

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Anaphasia

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Alpha Exposure

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Ioia

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