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“We are so lonely in life that we must ask ourselves if the loneliness of dying is not a symbol of our human existence.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“Do I look like someone who has something to do here on earth?' —That's what I'd like to answer the busybodies who inquire into my activities.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“We're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality".”
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“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
“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.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
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