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2026-04-27 11:15 · Addis Ababa · clear

Late night. exhausted from work surfing through the currents of pinterest, I came across a quote from Hunter S. Thompson

“You will not find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains.”

Yess, Hell yes, fuck yeah I said curled up in my sheets feeling the breeze of the mountain.

I fucking know that he does not mean a literal mountain he means power, success, obsession, risk, intensity, greatness.

but also I hate obession, I hate intensity …. i thought

Until i saw another post that said

“Everything is high risk if your a pussy”

Fuck reason, Fuck comfort I said as I went to sleep in my cozy little bed.


Small thought: maybe attention isn’t about focus. Maybe it’s about knowing when to look away.

Still figuring that one out.

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