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His elegance was the thorn. And he was well aware that his aversion to coarseness, his delight in refinement, were futile; he was a plant without roots. Without meaning to undermine his family, without wanting to violate its traditions, he
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It is understood thoroughly, however outside of the concept of elegance.
“Life is not worth a single line of Baudelaire.”
― The Life of a Stupid Man
― The Life of a Stupid Man
“I found myself wondering why I had once been a human being...How can others understand what I feel? They cannot--unless they have experienced the very same thing.”
― The Moon Over The Mountain
― The Moon Over The Mountain
“But he knew well enough what was wrong with him: he was ashamed of himself and afraid of them – afraid of the society he so despised.”
― The Life of a Stupid Man
― The Life of a Stupid Man
“As he thought about his life, he felt both tears and mockery welling up inside him. All that lay before him was madness or suicide. He walked down the darkening street alone, determined now to wait for the destiny that would come to annihilate him.”
― The Life of a Stupid Man
― The Life of a Stupid Man
“I shall be nothing, the wind, the sky.”
― No Longer Human
― No Longer Human
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