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Henry David Thoreau
“To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face? We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.”
Henry David Thoreau, Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

Franz Kafka
“I felt so weak and unhappy that I buried my face in the ground: I could not bear the strain of seeing around me the things of the earth. I felt convinced that every movement and every thought was forced, and that one had to be on one's guard against them.”
Franz Kafka, The Complete Stories

W.S. Gilbert
“Is life a boon?
If so, it must befall
That Death, whene'er he call,
Must call too soon.
Though fourscore years he give,
Yet one would pray to live
Another moon!
What kind of plaint have I,
Who perish in July?
I might have had to die,
Perchance, in June!

Is life a thorn?
Then count it not a whit!
Man is well done with it;
Soon as he's born
He should all means essay
To put the plague away;
And I, war-worn,
Poor captured fugitive,
My life most gladly give -
I might have had to live,
Another morn!”
W.S. Gilbert, The Yeomen of the Guard: Or The Merryman and his Maid

Franz Kafka
“I repeat: there was no attraction for me in imitating human beings; I imitated them because I needed a way out, and for no other reason.”
Franz Kafka, The Complete Stories

Leo Tolstoy
“It seemed that if people envied her, then what she was doing was good.”
Leo Tolstoy

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