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“And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.”
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“I am afraid because I can so clearly foresee my own life rotting away of itself, like a leaf that rots without falling, while I pursue my round of existence from day to day.”
― The Setting Sun
― The Setting Sun
“Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering...”
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“Any violation of a woman's body can become sex for men; this is the essential truth of pornography.”
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“I felt as though the vessel if my suffering had become empty, as if nothing could interest me now. I had lost even the ability to suffer.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
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