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When God threw me, a pebble, into this wondrous lake I disturbed its surface with countless circles.
But when I reached the depths I became very still.
Give me silence and I will outdare the night.
I had a second birth when my soul and my body loved one another and were married.
Once I knew a man whose ears were exceedingly keen, but he was dumb. He had lost his tongue in a battle.
I know now what battles that man fought before the great silence came. I am glad he is dead.
The world is not large enough for two of us.
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