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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction

by A.C. Grayling

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Philosophical Investigations

by Ludwig Wittgenstein

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The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Archer’s Quotes

“It is a long dark road from there to where I have really come”
― Franz Kafka, Letter to His Father

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“This novel was doomed from the start. All posture and no substance. Whether I write one page or a hundred, it amounts to the same thing. Though I knew this from the start.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

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“What uneasiness lies in being loved.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human

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“The next morning was peaceful and clear. The sea was calm. White smoke from the volcano on Oshima, just above the horizon, drifted up into the sky.

Never mind. I hate describing scenery.”
― Osamu Dazai, The Flowers of Buffoonery

tags: japanese-literature

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“Be on the side that saves people. If both sides are the same, then choose to become a good person...You might not see a great difference between right and wrong, but saving others is something just a bit more wonderful.”
― Kafka Asagiri

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