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On 'not understanding women' (feat. Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Kafka, Cioran)

On 'not understanding women' (feat. Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Kafka, Cioran)

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03 12 2024 evening

A culture which replaces the ‘have you eaten’1 greeting with ‘are you far from the sea’?

How was the wheel invented except by looking at the sea (how it turns over itself)?

How was language invented except by listening to the sea (how it turns over itself)?

These long winter nights, so quiet you can hear the sea conjugating.

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