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"When I was a little kid,

my mother told me

not to stare into the sun.

 

So once, I did.

 

At first, the brightness

was overwhelming,

but I kept looking,

forcing myself not to blink.

 

And then the brightness

began to dissolve.

 

My pupils shrank to pinholes

and everything came into focus."

 

- Max Cohen, "Pi", Darren Aronofsky [1998]

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