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The nature of parents is to embarrass merely by existing, just as it is the nature of children of a certain age to cringe with embarrassment, shame, and mortification should their parents so much as speak to them on the street.
“We have convictions only if we have studied nothing thoroughly.”
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“I cannot contribute anything to this world because I only have one method: agony.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“I'm simply an accident. Why take it all so seriously?”
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“If per capita was a problem, decapita could be arranged”
― Reaper Man
― Reaper Man
“I hate wise men because they are lazy, cowardly, and prudent. To the philosophers' equanimity, which makes them indifferent to both pleasure and pain, I prefer devouring passions. The sage knows neither the tragedy of passion, nor the fear of death, nor risk and enthusiasm, nor barbaric, grotesque, or sublime heroism. He talks in proverbs and gives advice. He does not live, feel, desire, wait for anything. He levels down all the incongruities of life and then suffers the consequences. So much more complex is the man who suffers from limitless anxiety. The wise man's life is empty and sterile, for it is free from contradiction and despair. An existence full of irreconcilable contradictions is so much richer and creative. The wise man's resignation springs from inner void, not inner fire. I would rather die of fire than of void.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
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