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"The amount of times I've seen the word 'hitherto' so far is comical to a degree." — Mar 21, 2026 08:22PM
"The amount of times I've seen the word 'hitherto' so far is comical to a degree." — Mar 21, 2026 08:22PM
“I particularly scorn my fondness for paradox. I despise pessimism, narcissism, solipsism, truculence, word-play, and pusillanimity, my chiefer inclinations; loathe self-loathers ergo me; have no pity for self-pity and so am free of that sweet baseness. I doubt I am. Being me’s no joke.”
― Lost in the Funhouse
― Lost in the Funhouse
“It's quite an undertaking to start loving somebody. You have to have energy, generosity, blindness. There is even a moment right at the start where you have to jump across an abyss: if you think about it you don't do it.”
― Nausea
― Nausea
“Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.”
― Death with Interruptions
― Death with Interruptions
“I will never regret not having children. What I regret is that I live in a world where in spite of everything, that decision is still not quite okay.”
― Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
― Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
“I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time.”
― An Unnecessary Woman
― An Unnecessary Woman
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