‘What is it that in your opinion deters people from suicide?’ I asked. He looked at me distractedly, as if suddenly remembering what we’d been talking about. ‘I… I still don’t know much… two prejudices deter them, two things; only two; one is very small, the other is very big. But even the small one is also very big.’ ‘Well, what’s the small one, then?’ ‘Pain.’ ‘Pain? Is it really so important… in this case?’ ‘It’s the very first thing. There are two kinds of people: those who kill themselves either from some great sorrow, or from anger, or the crazy ones — it amounts to the same thing… they
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