“Optimism is the opium of the people.”
― The Joke
― The Joke
“We can't own each other's past. The question is whether we have a future together.”
― The Orange Girl
― The Orange Girl
“How could she feel nostalgia when he was right in front of her? How can you suffer from the absence of a person who is present?
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
You can suffer nostalgia in the presence of the beloved if you glimpse a future where the beloved is no more”
― Identity
“No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.”
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
― Memories of My Melancholy Whores
“We’ve known for a long time that it was no longer possible to overturn this world, nor reshape it, nor head off its dangerous headlong rush. There’s been only one possible resistance: to not take it seriously.”
― The Festival of Insignificance
― The Festival of Insignificance
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