As for me, I am mean: that means that I need the suffering of others to exist. A flame. A flame in their hearts. When I am all alone, I am extinguished.
JEAN-PAUL SARTREI had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.
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There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.
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I wanted the moments of my life to follow and order themselves like those of a life remembered. You might as well try and catch time by the tail.
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Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being – like a worm.
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Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.
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Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.
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I am myself and I am here.
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Your judgement judges you and defines you.
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I have no religion, but if I were to choose one, it would be that of Shariati’s.
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One always dies too soon – or too late. And yet one’s whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are — your life, and nothing else.
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I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.
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To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.
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Life begins on the other side of despair.
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The consciousness that says ‘I am’ is not the consciousness that thinks.
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Smooth and smiling faces everywhere, but ruin in their eyes.
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Better to die on one’s feet than to live on one’s knees.
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