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“The roar of laughter at civilization’s end.”
― Osamu Dazai, ヴィヨンの妻 [Viyon No Tsuma]

“No," said the priest, "you don't need to accept everything as true, you only have to accept it as necessary." "Depressing view," said K. "The lie made into the rule of the world.”
― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan