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“A God who counts minutes and pennies, a desperate sensual God, who grunts like a pig. A pig with golden wings, who falls and falls, always belly side up, ready for caresses, that’s him, our master. Come, kiss me.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“Silks" ... "China" ... "Men's Suits" ... but what about canes? ... or crutches?
"Oh, certainly ... yes, yes, of course ... third floor ...”
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"Oh, certainly ... yes, yes, of course ... third floor ...”
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“Study changes a man, puts pride into him. You need it to get to the bottom of life. Without it you just skim the surface. You think you're in the know, but trifles throw you off. You dream too much. You content yourself with words instead of going deeper. That's not what you wanted. Intentions, appearances, no more. A man of character can't content himself with that. Medicine, even if I wasn't very gifted, had brought me a good deal closer to people, to animals, everything. Now all I had to do was plunge straight into the heart of things. Death is chasing you, you've got to hurry, and while you're looking you've got to eat, and keep away from wars. That's a lot of things to do. It's no picnic.”
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“Св'јет је овај тиран тиранину,
А камоли души благородној!
Он је состав паклене неслоге:
У њ ратује душа са тијелом,
у њ ратује море са бреговима,
у њ ратује зима и топлина,
у њ ратују вјетри с вјетровима,
у њ ратује живина с живином,
У њ ратује народ са народом,
У њ ратује човјек са човјеком,
У њ ратују дневи са ноћима,
У њ ратују дуси с небесима.”
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А камоли души благородној!
Он је состав паклене неслоге:
У њ ратује душа са тијелом,
у њ ратује море са бреговима,
у њ ратује зима и топлина,
у њ ратују вјетри с вјетровима,
у њ ратује живина с живином,
У њ ратује народ са народом,
У њ ратује човјек са човјеком,
У њ ратују дневи са ноћима,
У њ ратују дуси с небесима.”
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“When the farthest corner of the globe has been conquered
technologically and can be exploited economically; when any incident you like, in any place you like, at any time you like, becomes
accessible as fast as you like; when you can simultaneously "experience" an assassination attempt against a king in France and a symphony concert in Tokyo; when time is nothing but speed, instantaneity, and simultaneity, and time as history has vanished from all
Being of all peoples; when a boxer counts as the great man of a
people; when the tallies of millions at mass meetings are a triumph;
then, yes then, there still looms like a specter over all this uproar the
question: what for? — where to? — and what then?”
― Introduction to Metaphysics
technologically and can be exploited economically; when any incident you like, in any place you like, at any time you like, becomes
accessible as fast as you like; when you can simultaneously "experience" an assassination attempt against a king in France and a symphony concert in Tokyo; when time is nothing but speed, instantaneity, and simultaneity, and time as history has vanished from all
Being of all peoples; when a boxer counts as the great man of a
people; when the tallies of millions at mass meetings are a triumph;
then, yes then, there still looms like a specter over all this uproar the
question: what for? — where to? — and what then?”
― Introduction to Metaphysics
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