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“Cultural history, as well as observation of ourselves and others, allow the following answer: Most people learn to save themselves by artificially limiting the content of consciousness.”
― Peter Wessel Zapffe, The Last Messiah

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“He was laughing that silent and hard laugh reserved for true enthusiasm.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

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“The modern barbarity of ‘saving’ the suicidal is based on a hairraising misapprehension of the nature of existence.”
― Peter Wessel Zapffe, Essays

tags: pessimism, suicide

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“Many would argue there are certain otherwise-private stories I might’ve been wiser to keep closer to the vest. That vest that knows no proximity.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

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“George says that if you look at the person someone chooses to have "a relationship" with, you'll see what they think of themselves. So Harrison is what I think of myself. It's hardly a relationship, but nevertheless he is a choice. I examined all the options and chose the most likely to leave. No emotional investments. Never love for me—only obsession. Someone has to stand still for you to love them—my choices are always on the run.”
― Carrie Fisher, The Princess Diarist

tags: relationships

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