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“I saw my suffering for what it was, finite and insignificant, and I was still. My suffering did not fit anywhere, I realized.”
"No! No! No! My suffering does matter. I want to live! I can't help but mix my life with that of the universe. Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness-how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view I have of things? This peephole is all I've got!"
— Apr 04, 2026 04:35AM
"No! No! No! My suffering does matter. I want to live! I can't help but mix my life with that of the universe. Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness-how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view I have of things? This peephole is all I've got!"
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"The worst pair of opposites is boredom and terror... Yet even these two opposites do not remain distinct. In your boredom there are elements of terror: you break down into tears; you are filled with dread; you scream; you deliberately hurt yourself. And in the grip of terror - the worst storm - you yet feel boredom, a deep weariness with it all."
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I'm ashamed to say it's 5 days shy of a year since I started reading this... and I'm not even a quarter of the way through!! Ugh I need to get my life together.
— Aug 25, 2025 01:55AM
