“Don’t be afraid, the darkness you’re in is no greater than the darkness inside your own body, they are two darknesses separated by a skin. I bet you’ve never thought of that, you carry a darkness about with you all the time and that doesn’t frighten you … my dear chap, you have to learn to live with the darkness outside just as you learned to live with the darkness inside.”

José Saramago. Today in the River.
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