“Most people imagine that a man suffers because out of the blue, Death snatches away the woman he loves. But his real suffering is less futile; it comes from the discovery that grief, too, cannot last. Even grief is vanity!”
― Caligula
― Caligula
“Could hell be described as too much of anything without a break? Are variety,
moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of
excess,' whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?”
― No Exit
moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of
excess,' whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?”
― No Exit
“know very well that I don’t want to do anything: to do something is to create existence—and there’s quite enough existence as it is.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“От мръсния лик на суетност вседневна
блажен е тоз, чийто се дух отврати,
разкъсва веригите свои той гневно
и с вихрен полет в небесата лети.”
―
блажен е тоз, чийто се дух отврати,
разкъсва веригите свои той гневно
и с вихрен полет в небесата лети.”
―
“Now I knew: things are entirely what they appear to be—and behind them . . . there is nothing. This”
― Nausea
― Nausea
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