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Intention is only the most superficial part of will.

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A bird's song, sounding beautiful to you is a warning to other birds in a constant territorial struggle; a tree growing majestically is trying to block sunlight and kill other trees (...) This field, as the whole world, is an incessant war zone, for heaven is and has always been a battlefield; so give thanks to all those who have hurt you, they stripped away your illusions.