“I have spent all my life resisting the desire to end it.”
― Letters to Milena
― Letters to Milena
“May God accept my suffering, for the well-being and prosperity of our Nation. Pain upon pain, suffering upon suffering, agony upon agony, wound upon wound in our bodies and in our souls, fall after fall: in this way shall we conquer.”
― The Prison Notes
― The Prison Notes
“Nobody even imagines how well one can lie about the state of one’s own heart.”
― Thirst for Love
― Thirst for Love
“I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
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