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The Myth of Sisyphus

by Albert Camus

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“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

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“I suffer from life and from other people. I can’t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful — only then do I find myself and feel comforted.”
― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

tags: life, reality, self-discovery, solitude

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“Put the coffee on, bubbles, I'm coming home”
― Richard Brautigan, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork

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“Why do smart people exist, if not to figure out convoluted problems?”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

tags: intelligence, intelligent, problems, smart, smart-people, solve

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“Death and birth are solitary experiences. We are born alone and we die alone. When we are expelled from the maternal womb, we begin the painful struggle that finally ends in death.”
― Octavio Paz

tags: death, life, solitude

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