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To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1774)	5/29/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2095

TOSCA E lucevan le stelle E lucevan le stelle e olezzava la terra stridea l'uscio dell'orto e un passo sfiorava la rena. Entrava ella, fragrante, mi cadea fra le braccia. Oh! dolci baci, o languide carezze, mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli! Svani per sempre il sogno mio d'amore... L'ora è fuggita e muoio disperato! e muoio disperato! E non ho amato mai tanto la vita! TANTO LA VITA! ~Giacomo Puccini~ TURANDOT Nessun dorma Nessun dorma, Nessun dorma Tu pure, o Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore e di speranza Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me, il nome mio nessun saprà! No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò, quando la luce splenderà! Ed il mio bacio scioglierà it silenzio che ti fa mia! Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All'alba vincerò! VINCERÒ! V I N C E R Ò !

To: Volsi Mimir who wrote (1774)	6/3/1999 1:25:00 AM
From: Volsi Mimir	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2095

Expect Nothing Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. Become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short of urge to plead Then purge away the need. Wish for nothing larger Than your own small heart Or greater than a star; Tame wild disappointment With caress unmoved and cold Make of it a parka For your soul. Discover the reason why So tiny human midget Exists at all So scared unwise But expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. ~Alice Walker~ Revolutionary Petunias 1971 from the same book: Crucifixions ...I am not an idealist, nor a cynic, but merely unafraid of contradictions. I have seen men face each other when both were right, yet each was determined to kill the other, which was wrong. What each man saw was an image of the other, made by someone else. That is what we are prisoners of. --A personal testament by Donald Hogan, ...Harper's Magazine, January, 1972