The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but by smelling it. Their money is poetry - actual poems, written out on pieces of paper whose value is determined by the worth of the poem itself.

Paul Auster
The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but...
The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but...
The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but...
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The moon people do not eat by swallowing food but by smelling it. Their money is poetry - actual poems, written out on pieces of paper whose value is determined by the worth of the poem itself. When you think about it, they really were making up their own money. The real power of the verse is that it teaches us that there is no limit to what we can accomplish if we are willing to work hard enough.

Source: Moon Palace

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