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Osamu Dazai
“After being hurt by the world so much, they began to see the demons within humans. So without hiding it through trickery, they worked to express it.”
Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

Thomas Bernhard
“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”
Thomas Bernhard, Correction

Emil M. Cioran
“If I were to be totally sincere, I would say that I do not know why I live and why I do not stop living. The answer probably lies in the irrational character of life which maintains itself without reason.”
Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

Hermann Hesse
“But how are you going to die one day, Narcissus, since you have no mother? Without a mother one cannot love. Without a mother one cannot die.”
Herman Hesse

Emil M. Cioran
“Tears do not burn except in solitude.”
Emil Cioran, On the Heights of Despair

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