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“There are two ways of avoiding the snare of woman; one is to shun all women and the other to love all beings.”
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Karma
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The Inferno (1917)
Context: Moving in both directions, the street is full of dresses which sway, offering themselves airily, the skirts lifting; dresses which lift and yet do not lift.
In the tall and narrow shop mirror I see myself approaching, rather pale and heavy-eyed. It is not a woman I want — it is all women. And I seek for them in those around me, one by one...
