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Night

by Elie Wiesel

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Being and Nothingness

by Jean-Paul Sartre

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“He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

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“Let them look up in the sky then...! if they must be so blind, that cannot see the truth in broad daylight, but must have the whole world in darkness to see the conceit of the stars...”
― William Gaddis, A Frolic of His Own

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“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
― Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

tags: human-condition

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“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle

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“Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday; I can't be sure.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

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