“I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front of a man behind a desk and telling him that I wanted a job, that I was qualified for a job, was too much for me. Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.”
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.”
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
― Thus Spoke Zarathustra
“People with no morals often considered themselves more free, but mostly they lacked the ability to feel or love.”
― Women
― Women
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