“And when the lie begins to give us pleasure, let us speak the truth in order to lie to the lie.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“At the end of this day there remains what was left behind of yesterday and what will be left behind of tomorrow: the insatiable, innumerable longing to be always the same and always other.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“Recognizing that reality is a kind of illusion, and that illusion is a kind of reality, is simultaneously necessary and pointless.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“Bildiğimiz her şeyin ucu sahip olduğumuz duygulardan birine, bizi biz yapan şeyler ise kendi varlığımıza yabancı bir duyuma çıkar - buysa, bizim hem oyuncusu, hem etkin izleyicisi, hatta belediye meclisinin özel izniyle tanrıları olduğumuz bir melodramdır.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“If you cannot live alone, then you were born a slave.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
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