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“And if all that is meaningless, I want to be cured
Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it.”
― The Cocktail Party
Of a craving for something I cannot find And of the shame of never finding it.”
― The Cocktail Party
“I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.”
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“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
― A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life
“There was a door
And I could not open it. I could not touch the handle.
Why could I not walk out of my prison?
What is hell? Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to Escape to. One is always alone.”
― The Cocktail Party
And I could not open it. I could not touch the handle.
Why could I not walk out of my prison?
What is hell? Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to Escape to. One is always alone.”
― The Cocktail Party
“All cases are unique, and very similar to others.”
― The Cocktail Party
― The Cocktail Party
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