Italo CalvinoI am a Saturn who dreams of being a Mercury, and everything I write reflects these two impulses.
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I am a Saturn who dreams of being a Mercury, and everything I write reflects these two impulses. I’m a moon and a sun. My thoughts and feelings glide between gravity and speed. They are heavy and light at the same time.
Like my planet, they sometimes feel distant from my life on earth, but they’re always with me. They’re in my bones and in my heart.
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