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"Like the first sip of water after food poisoning. The mouth begs to be quenched meanwhile consuming more than an ounce of liquid leads to intense oral and nasal vomiting; so, when the sickness has run its course and your stomach rests easy once again, you put the liquid goodness to your lips—and God is good once again. That’s East of Eden on the first read, and I get that same quenching sensation on the second." — Feb 03, 2026 06:31PM
"Like the first sip of water after food poisoning. The mouth begs to be quenched meanwhile consuming more than an ounce of liquid leads to intense oral and nasal vomiting; so, when the sickness has run its course and your stomach rests easy once again, you put the liquid goodness to your lips—and God is good once again. That’s East of Eden on the first read, and I get that same quenching sensation on the second." — Feb 03, 2026 06:31PM
“I do not wish you much happiness--it would bore you; I do not wish you trouble either; but, following the people's philosophy, I will simply repeat: 'Live more' and try somehow not to be too bored; this useless wish I am adding on my own.”
― Demons
― Demons
“And so I try to be kind to everything I see, and in everything I see, I see him.”
― A Little Life
― A Little Life
“God is necessary, and therefore must exist... But I know that he does not and cannot exist... Don't you understand that a man with these two thoughts cannot go on living?”
― Demons
― Demons
“In sinning, each man sins against all, and each man is at least partly guilty for another's sin. There is no isolated sin.”
― Demons
― Demons
“[T]hose who practice philosophy in the right way are in training for dying and they fear death least of all men.”
― Phaedo
― Phaedo
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