#gaze

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

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