“My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you?”
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Arthur Rimbaud66
French Decadent and Symbolist poet 1854–1891Related quotes
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Context: To break out of the chaos of my darkness
Into a lucid day is all my will.
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Yet lock together to mould a path of stone
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