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“All of humanity’s inventions will fade into dust with time. The rats and cockroaches will remain.”
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“There is an emptiness in life that cannot be described, about which one cannot speak. We must pass over it in silence”
― Simon Brass, Lamentations on the Nothingness of Being

tags: absurd, emptiness, meaningless, nihilism

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“Anyone who has never experienced insomnia cannot be taken seriously as an individual.”
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“If one could only say just once: 'this is clear', all would be saved”
― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

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“Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.”
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“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."

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― Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

tags: introspection, retreat, solitude

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“Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.”
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“What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.”
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