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"True loss is just as impossible as true gain in this world of appearance. Only the will exists: it, the thing in itself, is the source of all those appearances. It’s self-knowledge and its consequent decision to affirm or negate is the only event in itself.
What is it that always is, and has no becoming; and what is it that becomes and passes away but never truly is?" — Mar 11, 2026 08:12AM
"True loss is just as impossible as true gain in this world of appearance. Only the will exists: it, the thing in itself, is the source of all those appearances. It’s self-knowledge and its consequent decision to affirm or negate is the only event in itself.
What is it that always is, and has no becoming; and what is it that becomes and passes away but never truly is?" — Mar 11, 2026 08:12AM
“Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, the horrors of disease, and agonies of the soul, but all the time his most tormenting tragedy has been, is, and will always be, the tragedy of the bedroom.”
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“...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise.”
― Let the Great World Spin
― Let the Great World Spin
“There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.”
― Let the Great World Spin
― Let the Great World Spin
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