“One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one's eyes and wait, come what may...”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“I hadn't found out yet that mankind consists of two very different races, the rich and the poor. It took me ... and plenty of other people . . . twenty years and the war to learn to stick to my class and ask the price of things before touching them, let alone setting my heart on them.”
― Journey to the End of the Night
― Journey to the End of the Night
“I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.”
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“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
― The Little Prince
― The Little Prince
Existential Book Club
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This a book club for anybody interested in reading existentialist literature and fiction. Every month I'll be putting up a new text either by an exist ...more
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