Pleasure is a freedom-song,
But it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit.
It is a depth calling unto a height,
But it not the deep nor the high.
It is the caged taking wing,
But it is not space encompassed.
Ay, in very truth, pleasure is a freedom song.
And I fain would have you sing it with fulness of heart; yet I would not have you lose your hearts in the singing.
-- Kahlil Gibran
There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.
― Richard Rorty
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