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“a man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of his talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.”

twin!

“the same feeling of not belonging, of futility, wherever i go: i pretend interest in what matters is nothing to me, i bestir myself mechanically or out of charity, without ever being caught up, without ever being somewhere. what attracts me is elsewhere, and i don’t know what that elsewhere is.”