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“No, no, because she's a mental adolescent, and being romantic,
she has a death wish.
So, for a brief moment of passion,she completely abandons all responsibilities.”
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she has a death wish.
So, for a brief moment of passion,she completely abandons all responsibilities.”
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![Søren Kierkegaard](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651453632i/6172._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“It is perfectly true, as philosophers say, that life must be understood backwards. But they forget the other proposition, that it must be lived forwards.”
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![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651525567i/3276202._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.”
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
― My Year of Rest and Relaxation
![Søren Kierkegaard](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651453632i/6172._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.”
― The Journals of Kierkegaard
― The Journals of Kierkegaard
![Ottessa Moshfegh](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1651525567i/3276202._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“It was too much to consider it all, stretching out, a circular planet covered in creatures and things growing, all of it spinning slowly on an axis created by what—some freak accident? It seemed implausible. The world could be flat just as easily as it could be round. Who could prove anything? In time, I would understand, I told myself.”
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