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Have you never written stories
based on reality?
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Reality?
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I've observed
that in every sphere of existence...
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reality is always
just beyond one's reach...
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be it in society life
or in the life of the mind...
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in the very depths of the ocean...
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or at the South Pole.
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Of all the melancholy themes...
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the one universally
recognized by mankind...
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as the saddest of all...
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is the most obvious one: death.
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And that most melancholy theme...
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becomes the most poetic as well...
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when coupled
with the theme of beauty.
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Thus, the death of
a beautiful young woman...
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is undoubtedly and unavoidably...
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the most poetic theme in the world.