“The earth is free even now for great souls. There are still empty seats for the lonesome and the twosome, fanned by the fragrance of silent seas. A free life is still free for great souls. Do you not see it, the rainbow and the bridges. Thus spoke Zarathustra.”

—  Friedrich Nietzsche, book Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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