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Alan watched the waves break gently against the shore. Who knew Saudi Arabia had a vast and pristine coast? Alan had not known this. He looked at a few dozen palm trees below, planted in the courtyard of either his hotel or the one next
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finally reading this book. already getting verklempt
“The life of every individual, viewed as a whole and in general, and when only its most significant features are emphasized, is really a tragedy; but gone through in detail it has the character of a comedy.”
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
― The World as Will and Representation, Volume I
“If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.”
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“Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
― The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
“[...] I will go to France, to Yugoslavia, to China and continue my profession.'
'As sanitary engineer?'
'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries in the world.”
― Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings, 1969-1989
'As sanitary engineer?'
'No, Monsieur. As adventurer. I will see all the peoples and all the countries in the world.”
― Anatomy of Restlessness: Selected Writings, 1969-1989
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