I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.
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Edgar Allen Poe
Der Schmetterling und der Jadevogel
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Das einsam gelegene Haus auf dem Hügel machte den Eindruck einer
chinesischen Gaststätte. Obwohl es spät am Tage war, hatte man darauf
verzichtet, die La...