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Introducing Slavoj Zizek: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides Book 0) by Christopher Kul-Want

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it is the Law, itself, that generates the desire for its own violation.

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“Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another?”
― Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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“I begin with writing the first
sentence—and trusting to Almighty
God for the second.”
― Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

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“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
― Ludwig Wittgenstein

tags: life, philosophy

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“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

tags: experience

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“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

tags: james-joyce, ulysses

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