“I am, I am, I exist, I think therefore I am; I am because I think, why do I think? I don't want to think anymore.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“On every new thing there lies already the shadow of annihilation.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“But that day, as I sat on the tranquil shore, it was possible to believe one was gazing into eternity.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
― The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy
“How can a man of consciousness have the slightest respect for himself”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
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