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““But like every kiss, this one is an answer, a clumsy but tender answer to a question that eludes the power of language.””

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Time is a purgatory that has cleansed all fury from my memories.

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“Friendship is no ideal state of mind; it is a law, and a strict one, on which the entire legal systems of great cultures…

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There is no pain like the pain of knowing you love someone but cannot live with them.

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“Tomorrow, everyone who is beautiful will come under suspicion. As will those with talent and those with character.” His voice was hoarse. “Don’t you…

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Is disinterest not the essence of every human relationship?

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“There is this question of otherness….So just as it is blood alone that binds people to defend one another in the face of danger,…

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“One can get closer to reality and the facts by using words, questions and answers.”

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“I returned from the West, and brought home in my nostrils and nerves that benumbing lethargy, imprudent hostility, and arrogant superiority with which the…

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“There are worse things than suffering and death... it is worse to lose one's self-respect.”

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“Vienna wasn't just a city, it was a tone that either one carries forever in one's soul or one does not. It was the most beautiful thing in my life. I was poor, but I was not alone, because I had a friend. And Vienna was like another friend. When it rained in the tropics, I always heard the voice…

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No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity. We have to learn that our desires do not find any real echo in the world. We have to accept…

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“To nie komputer jest winien, ze przeważająca większość ludzi dziś jest w dalszym ciagu głupia, tylko sam człowiek, który w każdej cywilizacji, a więc…

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