“The chill of what I won't feel gnaws at my present heart.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
“Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I have at this moment so many fundamental thoughts, so many truly metaphysical things to say, that I suddenly get tired and decide not to write any more, not to think any more, but to allow the fever of speaking to make me sleepy, and with my eyes closed, like a cat, I play with everything I could have said.”
― The Book of Disquiet
― The Book of Disquiet
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