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Gautama Buddha
“Of bones the city is made,
Plastered with flesh and blood,
Where decay and death are deposited,
And pride, and ingratitude.”
Dhammapada

Oswald Spengler
“This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.”
Oswald Spengler

“As we have seen, nobody is lucky enough not to be born, everybody is unlucky enough to have been born – and particularly bad luck it is.”
David Benatar, Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence

Emil M. Cioran
“What do you do from morning to night?"

"I endure myself.”
Emil Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born

Emil M. Cioran
“Knowledge subverts love: in proportion as we penetrate our secrets, we come to loathe our kind, precisely because they resemble us.”
Emil Cioran

year in books
Annabelle
1,972 books | 145 friends

Grace
65 books | 43 friends

Christo...
11 books | 11 friends

Stephanie
49 books | 13 friends

Rachael
4 books | 46 friends

Gabriel...
2 books | 18 friends

Tegan Mant
0 books | 68 friends

Ally Ma...
1 book | 42 friends

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