I went north - I did not try to hide myself. When a god or a demon saw me, then I would die, but meanwhile I was no longer afraid. My hunger for knowledge burned in me - there was so much that I could not understand. (Stephen Vincent Benét)

I went north - I did not try to hide myself. When a god or a demon saw me, then I would die, but meanwhile I was no longer afraid. My hunger for knowledge burned in me - there was so much that I could not understand.

Stephen Vincent Benét

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