“Think you're escaping and run into yourself.”

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  — James Joyce, Ulysses

  "To those who would sleep through the wounds they inflict on others, I offer pain to help them awaken, Ju-Ju, Tom-Toms & the magic of a talking burning bush."

  — Krista Franklin, Manifesto, or Ars Poetica #2

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