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““Tristetea nu are niciun caracter estetic caracter ce nu lipseste decat uneori melancoliei.””

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“It is no sign of benediction to have been obsessed with the lives of saints, for it is an obsession intertwined with a taste for maladies and hunger for depravities. One only troubles oneself with saints because one has been disappointed by the paradoxes of earthly life; one therefore searches out other paradoxes, more outlandish in guise, redolent of unknown…

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“Tell me how you want to die, and I’ll tell you who you are.”

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“I cannot imagine that there could be someone whose childhood could compare to mine. The sky and the earth belonged to me, literally, even my apprehensions were joyful: I would get up and go to bed as master of creation. I was conscious of my happiness and could forsee that I was going to lose it. A secret fear was…

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“A fi sau a nu fi? Nici una nici alta.”

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