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Gathering Evidence

by Thomas Bernhard

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The Drinker

by Hans Fallada

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May 27, 2026 07:52PM

“Her voice, delicate as it was, had the strength to it that made one realize why a teacup can stay in one piece for centuries, defying the changes of history and the turmoil of man.”
― Richard Brautigan, Sombrero Fallout

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“I'll go this minute!' Of course, I remained.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground

tags: desperation, frustration, indignation

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“At some point my need for a solution was replaced by the poetry of my continuous failure.”
― Charles Simic, Dime-Store Alchemy

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“To be normal is the ideal aim for the unsuccessful.”
― C.G. Jung

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“Having oscillated all his life between the torments of a superficial loitering and the horrors of disinterested endeavour, he finds himself at last in a situation where to do nothing exclusively would be an act of the highest value, and significance.”
― Samuel Beckett, Watt

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