That's a very interesting interview, Nin. Particularly the ending. Mental suffering and emotional darkness, though -- one is saddened by the knowledge that these things know no particular time nor gender. We all of us come in and go out more or less similarly. The middle parts, maybe more differentiation. Than toward the end, more in common again (alas).
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That's a very interesting interview, Nin. Particularly the ending. Mental suffering and emotional darkness, though -- one is saddened by the knowledge that these things know no particular time nor gender. We all of us come in and go out more or less similarly. The middle parts, maybe more differentiation. Than toward the end, more in common again (alas).
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