Lem De Repentigny

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find it so irritating, the happiness of all those men unaware of their unhappiness. Their human life is full of everything that would constitute a whole series of anxieties for any truly sensitive soul. However, since their real life is purely vegetative, any pain they feel passes by without even touching their soul, and they live a life that can only be compared to that of a rich man who occasionally suffers from toothache, but takes plenty of aspirin — the genuine good fortune of being alive without realizing it, which is the greatest gift the gods can give, because it is the gift of being ...more
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
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