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You follow the same paths of thought as before. Only, they appear strewn with roses.

— Walter Benjamin Main features of my first impression of hashish (1927)

Man geht immer die gleichen Wege des Denkens wie vorher. Nur scheinen sie mit Rosen bestreut.

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"Main features of my first impression of hashish" (18 December 1927), On Hashish (2006), p. 22

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