Quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.

Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back in

Summary

This quote represents a desire to dissolve one's individual identity and merge with the vastness of nature or the universe. The speaker yearns to surrender their sense of self and be transformed into anything imaginable. They seek liberation from the burdens of their own existence and long to be interconnected with all things, relinquishing their personal identity in the process.

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