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“I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
“Tu demandes d'où vient notre souffle de vie.
S'il fallait résumer une trop longue histoire,
Je dirais qu'il surgit du fond de l'océan,
Puis soudain l'océan l'engloutit à nouveau.
Omar Khayyam”
― Samarkand
S'il fallait résumer une trop longue histoire,
Je dirais qu'il surgit du fond de l'océan,
Puis soudain l'océan l'engloutit à nouveau.
Omar Khayyam”
― Samarkand
“Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c‘est la seule chose pratique, c‘est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.
[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]”
― Lust for Life
[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]”
― Lust for Life
“It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
“-Ne t'étonne de rien, la réalité a deux visages, les hommes aussi.”
― Samarkand
― Samarkand
Aman’s 2025 Year in Books
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