February 2012
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“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the...”
– Kafka
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“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.”
– Thomas Berger
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“I no longer want to walk on worn soles.”
– Nietzsche
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Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair. When it comes, it degrades one’s self and ultimately eclipses the capacity to give or receive affection. It is the aloneness within us made manifest, and it destroys not only connection to others but also the ability to be peacefully...
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January 2012
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“Yet it would be your duty to bear it if you could not avoid it. It is weak and...”
– jane eyre by charlotte bronte
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“How does a newness come into the world? How is it born? Of what fusions,...”
– the satanic verses by salman rushdie
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“In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate...”
– Søren Kierkegaard
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“The real question of life after death isn’t whether or not it exists, but...”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein
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