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""An affirmation is always the affirmation of something, which is to say that the act of affirming is distinct from the thing affirmed. But if we imagined an affirmation in which the affirming is filled up by what is affirmed, that affirmation could not be affirmed - because of the surfeit of plenitude and the noema's immediate inherence within the noesis."" — Apr 02, 2026 12:05PM
""An affirmation is always the affirmation of something, which is to say that the act of affirming is distinct from the thing affirmed. But if we imagined an affirmation in which the affirming is filled up by what is affirmed, that affirmation could not be affirmed - because of the surfeit of plenitude and the noema's immediate inherence within the noesis."" — Apr 02, 2026 12:05PM
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"We went from how opening envelops was a crime to straight up murder. This book keeps surprising me as if the appearance of a past lover straight out of nowhere but there." — Mar 19, 2026 08:25AM
"We went from how opening envelops was a crime to straight up murder. This book keeps surprising me as if the appearance of a past lover straight out of nowhere but there." — Mar 19, 2026 08:25AM
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"I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it." — Apr 02, 2026 12:07PM
"I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it." — Apr 02, 2026 12:07PM
“This puffed-up little pseudo-Napoleon leaves me flat because I don't swoon go down on my knees in admiration before him. I'll fix him...”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“Maybe I should meet one who would know how to love me.”
― The Woman Destroyed
― The Woman Destroyed
“Not to ask for anything means that one has lost one's freedom to choose or reject.”
― Thirst for Love
― Thirst for Love
“What was there to live for in a time like this? Just living in the present made everyday interminably monotonous.”
― Thirst for Love
― Thirst for Love
“Perhaps, somewhere, there are men living in castle towers buried in dust.”
― Thirst for Love
― Thirst for Love
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