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"We derive our vitality from our store of madness."

Cioran, E. M. on vitality
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"Consciousness is much more than the thorn, it is the dagger in the flesh."

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"A sudden silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials: it reveals how dearly we must pay for the invention of speech."

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"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves."

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