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“All language is but a poor translation.”
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“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”
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“I am in chains. Don't touch my chains.”
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“I have the true feeling of myself only when I am unbearably unhappy.”
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