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Deep down, I don__ believe it takes any special talent for a person to lift himself off the ground and hover in the air. We all have it in us__very man, woman, and child__nd with enough hard work and concentration, every human being is capable of_the feat_.You must learn to stop being yourself. That__ where it begins, and everything else follows from that. You must let yourself evaporate. Let your muscles go limp, breathe until you feel your soul pouring out of you, and then shut your eyes. That__ how it__ done. The emptiness inside your body grows lighter than the air around you. Little by little, you begin to weigh less than nothing. You shut your eyes; you spread your arms; you let yourself evaporate. And then, little by little, you lift yourself off the ground.Like so.
Paul Auster Mr. Vertigo
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Deep down, I don__ believe it takes any special talent for a person to lift himself off the ground and hover in the air. We all have it in us__very man, woman, and child__nd with enough hard work and concentration, every human being is capable of_the feat_.You must learn to stop being yourself. That__ where it begins, and everything else follows from that. You must let yourself evaporate. Let your muscles go limp, breathe until you feel your soul pouring out of you, and then shut your eyes. That__ how it__ done. The emptiness inside your body grows lighter than the air around you. Little by little, you begin to weigh less than nothing. You shut your eyes; you spread your arms; you let yourself evaporate. And then, little by little, you lift yourself off the ground.Like so.
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Paul Auster

Mr. Vertigo

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