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“You see, Mersault, all the misery and cruelty of our civilization can be measured by this one
stupid axiom: happy nations have no history.”
― A Happy Death
stupid axiom: happy nations have no history.”
― A Happy Death
“The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.”
― Industrial Society and Its Future
― Industrial Society and Its Future
“But if you’re happy here, why are you leaving?” Catherine had asked.
“There’s the risk of being loved, little Catherine, and that would keep me from being happy.”
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“There’s the risk of being loved, little Catherine, and that would keep me from being happy.”
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“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre. Most
men cannot even prove they are not mediocre.”
― A Happy Death
men cannot even prove they are not mediocre.”
― A Happy Death
“But now he realized that he had no one to meet tonight, nor tomorrow, nor ever, and that he was facing his longed-for solitude at last.”
― A Happy Death
― A Happy Death
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