The birds have vanished into the sky,
and now the last cloud drains away.

We sit together, the mountain and I,
until only the mountain remains.

- Li Po

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The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

- R. Frost

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Experience is the most brutal of teachers but you learn, my God, do you learn.

- C. S. Lewis