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Albert Camus
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
Albert Camus

Philip K. Dick
“A weird time in which we are alive. We can travel anywhere we want, even to other planets. And for what? To sit day after day, declining in morale and hope.”
Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle

Tristan Tzara
“You'll never know why you exist, but you'll always allow yourselves to be easily persuaded to take life seriously.”
Tristan Tzara

Shunryu Suzuki
“Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.”
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Jean-Paul Sartre
“A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.”
Jean-Paul Sartre

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