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We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves. For most people, it's the embarrassment, the need to make a choice, the choice which makes them go but feel remorse for not having been brave enough to stay home, or which makes them stay at home but regret that they can't share the way others are going to die.
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― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
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Tragedy forms a closed world, in which we stumble over and knock against obstacles. In the theater, tragedy must be born and die in the restricted area of the stage
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― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
