“The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and his song — not one. Not two.”
Anthony de Mello (1931–1987) Indian writer
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One Minute Wisdom (1989)
“No one remembers the singer. The song remains.”
— Terry Pratchett, book The Last Hero
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