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"Life is but a story, and we are the storytellers, each with our own part to play"

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“Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”

Ahmad Shamlou

“A voice is calling me endlessly, as it does for all trees, roads, and mirrors”

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