To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing. Then the pain of
contradiction is transformed into the mystery of paradox...
The capacity for paradox is the measure of spiritual strength and the surest sign of
maturity.
-- Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow
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The night seemed to have reached its middle point of intensity and the
darkness was now much darker than before. My brain was brimming with half-formed ideas of the most far-reaching character but I repressed them firmly
and determined to confine myself wholly to finding the bicycle and going
home.
-- Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman
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