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“I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Thus, I always began by assuming the worst; my appeal was dismissed. That meant, of course, I was to die. Sooner than others, obviously. 'But,' I reminded myself, 'it's common knowledge that life isn't worth living, anyhow.' And, on a wide view, I could see that it makes little difference whether one dies at the age of thirty or threescore and ten-- since, in either case, other men will continue living, the world will go on as before. Also, whether I died now or forty years hence, this business of dying had to be got through, inevitably.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
“Those who travel to mountain-tops are half in love with themselves, and half in love with oblivion.”
― Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
― Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”
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“On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but I remembered just in time that I'd killed a man.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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