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“People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.”
― The Journals of Kierkegaard
― The Journals of Kierkegaard
“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
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“If only we could all escape from this house of incest, where we only love ourselves in the other, if only I could save you all from yourselves, said the modern Christ.”
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“And here indeed it was again, the temptation, the cowardly, the future-corruptive serpent: trample on it stupid fool. Be Mexico.”
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“Nothing seems true today except the death of the goldfish who used to make love at ninety kilometers an hour in the pool. The maid has given him a Christian burial. To the worms! To the worms!”
― House of Incest
― House of Incest
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