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Slept laaaaate and it was barely day anymore when I woke up. Had the most shattering nightmare. So devastating, I’m almost worried I may have severe psychological problems I just don’t remember having.
“Happiness is often only a pity for one's own misfortune.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“Everything, in me and in people, draws me downward.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“The beginning of war is similar to the beginning of peace — the world and the heart know nothing about it.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“I have suffered from being alone, but because I have been able to keep my secret I have overcome the suffering of loneliness. To go right to the end implies knowing how to keep one's secret. And, today, there is no greater joy than to live alone and unknown. My deepest joy is to write. To accept the world and to accept pleasure—but only when I am stripped bare of everything. I should not be worthy to love the bare and empty beaches if I could not remain naked in the presence of myself. For the first time I can understand the meaning of the word happiness without any ambiguity. It is a little different from what men normally mean when they say: 'i am happy.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
“You would not write about loneliness so much if you knew how to get the most out of it”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
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