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“No one has ever properly understood me, I have never fully understood anyone; and no one understands anyone else”
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“La solitude est dangereuse pour les intelligences qui travaillent. Il nous faut autour de nous, des hommes qui pensent et qui parlent. Quand nous sommes seuls longtemps, nous peuplons le vide de fantômes.”
― Le Horla
― Le Horla
“he was misanthropic and gifted with that sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich; his indolence was qualified with enough basic bad temper to ensure the respect of those about him”
― Put Out More Flags
― Put Out More Flags
“if you want to enjoy the rewards of being loved, you also have to submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known.”
― I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
― I Wrote This Book Because I Love You: Essays
“A man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something that he thinks will make him so; he seldom attains his goal, and when he does, it is only to be disappointed; he is mostly shipwrecked in the end, and comes into harbour with mast and rigging gone. And then, it is all one whether he is happy or miserable; for his life was never anything more than a present moment always vanishing; and now it is over.”
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
― Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
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