"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad."
-Aldous Huxley
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"Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?“
-Aldous Huxley
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