I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to leave.

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“I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to leave.”

“Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.”

“There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”

“The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.”

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I had inadvertently walked through a door that I shouldn’t have gone through and couldn’t get back to the place I hadn’t meant to leave.

Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked at.

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

The truth doesn't fit into one heart, into one mind; truth is somehow splintered.