“At that time I was only twenty-four years old. My life then was already gloomy, disorderly, and solitary to the point of savagery.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“By publicness everything gets obscured, and what has thus been covered up gets passed off as something familiar and accessible to everyone.”
― Being and Time
― Being and Time
“I’m filled with a desire for clarity and meaning within a world and condition that offers neither.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
“in despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground
“Between "everywhere" and "forever" there is no compromise.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus
― The Myth of Sisyphus
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