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“… I no longer want to be anything except what who I am. Who what am I? My Answer: I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done–to–me. I am everyone everything who’s being-in–the-world affected was affected by mine. I’m anything that happens after I’ve gone which would not have happened if I had not come.“

“Most of what matters in your life takes place in your absence.” Page 270

“To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world. I told you that.” Page 121.

“I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.” Page 142