“I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!”
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“لم أعد أتحمل الآن حتى نظرات البشر، ليس عداءً للبشر، ولكن نظرات البشر، حضورهم، جلوسهم، تطلعهم، كل هذا هو أكثر من اللازم.”
― الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد
― الآثار الكاملة مع تفسيراتها: الجزء الأول - (الأسرة) يضم: الحكم ، الوقاد ، الانمساخ ، رسالة إلى الوالد
“I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world.”
― L'Étranger
― L'Étranger
“It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!”
― When Nietzsche Wept
― When Nietzsche Wept
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