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A human being - what is a human being? Everything and nothing. Through the power of thought it can mirror everything it experiences. Through memory an...more

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Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fas...more

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We are, on earth, two distinct races. Those who have need of others, whom others amuse, engage soothe, whom solitude harasses, pains, stupefies, like ...more

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The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

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Life is a slope. As long as you're going up you're always looking towards the top and you feel happy, but when you reach it, suddenly you can see the ...more

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Madeleine in her turn stared at him steadily, straight into his eyes, in a profound, strange way, as if seeking to read something there, as if seeking...more

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In fact living is dying.

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After all, life is never so jolly or so miserable as people seem to think.