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“We defy augury. There is special providence in
the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to
come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come—the
readiness is all. Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows what is't
to leave betimes, let be. (Hamlet 5.2.217-224)”
―
the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to
come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come—the
readiness is all. Since no man, of aught he leaves, knows what is't
to leave betimes, let be. (Hamlet 5.2.217-224)”
―
“Creaky voice: I am the scientist of my moods. I. Observe. Myself. Microscopically. But it looks like... nothing's there...I write and shudder with effects of my handiwork beneath the microscope, thinking it must be God's work. I am nothing and I am God, therefore... How'd it come to this?
Never mind.”
― Go Now
Never mind.”
― Go Now
“I think I could stand anything, any suffering, only to be able to say and to repeat to myself every moment, 'I exist.' In thousands of agonies -- I exist. I'm tormented on the rack -- but I exist! Though I sit alone in a pillar -- I exist! I see the sun, and if I don't see the sun, I know it's there. And there's a whole life in that, in knowing that the sun is there.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“Doesn’t it bother you sometimes
what living is, what the day has turned into?
So many screens and meetings
and things to be late for.”
―
what living is, what the day has turned into?
So many screens and meetings
and things to be late for.”
―
“To them I was Hamlet in a long line of Hamlets. My problems were unimpressive and not unique. I had a grief counselor, like everyone, and a suicide counselor, because I had said the wrong thing...The suicide counselor said the people who hadn't shown up weren't going to show up, that the ones who had stopped coming would not be coming back.”
― I Do Know Some Things
― I Do Know Some Things
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