Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants and he will admit he doesn't know. Why? Because he wants it instinctively, and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards. Young W.B. Yeats wanted a fairy land where 'the lonely of heart is withered away.' Dowson and Thompson and Beddoes were 'half in love with easeful death':They are not long, the days of wine and rosesOut of a misty dreamOur path emerges for a while, then closesWithin a dream.
-Colin Wilson
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