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“If I used to ask myself, over a coffin: “What good did it do the occupant to be born?”, I now put the same question about anyone alive.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“Each time I fail to think about death, I have the impression of cheating, of deceiving someone in me.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“There was a time when time did not yet exist. … The rejection of birth is nothing but the nostalgia for this time before time.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
“It has been a long time since philosophers have read men’s souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not be surprised if they no longer matter much to us.”
― The Trouble With Being Born
― The Trouble With Being Born
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Joseeph’s 2024 Year in Books
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