There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.
CESARE PAVESEHere’s the difficulty about suicide: it is an act of ambition that can be committed only when one has passed beyond ambition.
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But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.
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You cannot insult a man more atrociously than by refusing to believe he is suffering .
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I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.
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The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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The world, the future, is now within you as your past, as experience, skill in technique, and the rich, everlasting mystery is found to be childish you that, at the time, you made no effort to possess.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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The real affliction of old age is remorse.
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The man of action is not the headstrong fool who rushes into danger with no thought for himself, but the man who puts into practice the things he knows.
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Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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The cadence of suffering has begun. Every evening at dusk, my heart constricts until night has come.
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Suicides are timid murderers. Masochism instead of Sadism.
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When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.
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The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten.
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