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on the trapeze artist : the incessant want for more is ultimately what makes you unhappy. once you start thinking that way, nothing is ever enough. perhaps this is an allegory for capitalism and the extreme excesses of the 2nd half of the industrial revolution
— Jan 22, 2024 04:49PM
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old journal - i completely missed the point of this story when i read it the first time and now i understand it all too well.
— Sep 15, 2025 10:55PM
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these stories r really bleak and strange but also wonderful. uncomfy in a mundane way
— Jan 15, 2024 01:24AM
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just read the married couple and it is dazzling how poor the protagonist's self-awareness is
— Jan 14, 2024 02:42PM
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I might be someone's friend in St. Petersburg and I also am probably Georg sometimes
— Jan 06, 2024 01:00AM
