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“Life is the privilege of mediocre people. Only mediocrities live at life's normal temperature; the others are consumed at temperatures at which life cannot endure, at which they can barely breathe, already one foot beyond life.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
“Twere better than the dull reality
Of waking life to him whose heart shall be,
And hath been ever, on the chilly earth,
A chaos of deep passion from his birth!”
― The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Of waking life to him whose heart shall be,
And hath been ever, on the chilly earth,
A chaos of deep passion from his birth!”
― The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
“Agonies are one of my changes of garments;
I do not ask the wounded person how he feels . . . . I myself become the wounded person,
My hurt turns livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.”
― Song of Myself
I do not ask the wounded person how he feels . . . . I myself become the wounded person,
My hurt turns livid upon me as I lean on a cane and observe.”
― Song of Myself
“Life is will-to-live, will is a lack, lack is pain, all life is pain.”
― La melodia del giovane divino: Pensieri, racconti, critiche
― La melodia del giovane divino: Pensieri, racconti, critiche
“naivete is the only road to salvation. But for those who feel and conceive life as a long agony, the question of salvation is a simple one. There is no salvation on their road.”
― On the Heights of Despair
― On the Heights of Despair
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