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"How many more times can I declare victory?"

"A petrified cry,
Suspended breath of one who
Had hoped for better."

—@rayhourigan.bsky.social

Exile.

"The krasny ugol, the beautiful corner, is where the icon hangs and the little lamp burns under it, and you cross yourself towards it from the door; you do not approach, no one stands there, and yet it steadies the room as a keel steadies a boat, anchored in a place forever out of reach."
—Vittorio Zappa via

This is the reason.