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The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.

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At any given moment life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time having a purpos...more

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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant an...more

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Every individual is at once the beneficiary and the victim of the linguistic tradition into which he has been born.

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Maybe this world is another planet’s hell.

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Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.

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Believe it or not, a normal human being is one who can have an orgasm and is adjusted to his society.

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On the levels of politics and theology, beauty is perfectly compatible with nonsense and tyranny. Which is very fortunate; for if beauty were incompat...more

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It was all extremely symbolic; but then, if you choose to think so, nothing in this world is not symbolical.

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As a lover or a dipsomaniac, I've no doubt of your being a most fascinating specimen. But as a combiner of forms, you must honestly admit it, you're a...more

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One entered the world, Denis pursued, having ready-made ideas about everything. One had a philosophy and tried to make life fit into it. One should ha...more

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Eating, drinking, dying - three primary manifestations of the universal and impersonal life. Animals live that impersonal and universal life without k...more

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It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in which most of us spend most of our time is not the only universe there is. I th...more