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“To others, the universe seems decent because decent people have gelded eyes. That is why they fear lewdness. They are never frightened by the crowing of a rooster or when strolling under a starry heaven. In general, people savor the "pleasures of the flesh" only on condition that they be insipid.
But as of then, no doubt existed for me: I did not care for what is known as "pleasures of the flesh" because they really are insipid; I cared only for what is classified as "dirty." On the other hand, I was not even satisfied with the usual debauchery, because the only thing it dirties is debauchery itself, while, in some way or other, anything sublime and perfectly pure is left intact by it. My kind of debauchery soils not only my body and my thoughts, but also anything I may conceive in its course, that is to say, the vast starry universe, which merely serves as a backdrop.”
― Story of the Eye
But as of then, no doubt existed for me: I did not care for what is known as "pleasures of the flesh" because they really are insipid; I cared only for what is classified as "dirty." On the other hand, I was not even satisfied with the usual debauchery, because the only thing it dirties is debauchery itself, while, in some way or other, anything sublime and perfectly pure is left intact by it. My kind of debauchery soils not only my body and my thoughts, but also anything I may conceive in its course, that is to say, the vast starry universe, which merely serves as a backdrop.”
― Story of the Eye
“The absurd does not liberate; it binds. It does not authorize all actions. "Everything is permitted" does not mean that nothing is forbidden.”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
“(…) los “suicidas” se nos aparecen como seres aquejados por una sensación de culpa causada por la individuación, como almas cuya meta vital ya no es completarse y formarse a sí mismas sino deshacerse, volver hacia la madre, hacia Dios, hacia el universo. Gran parte de estas naturalezas son totalmente incapaces de cometer alguna vez el suicidio real, porque conocieron en profundidad el pecado que implicaría. A pesar de todo, para nosotros son suicidas, porque ven su salvación en la muerte y no en la vida, porque están dispuestos a deshacerse de sí mismos, a entregarse, a disolverse y a regresar al origen.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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