Suicide may also be regarded as an experiment — a question which man puts to Nature, trying to force her to answer. The question is this: What change will death produce in a man’s existence and in his insight into the nature of things? It is a clumsy experiment to make; for it involves the destruction of the very consciousness which puts the question and awaits the answer. Counsels and Maxims
The beauty of the world which is so soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder. A Room of One's Own
Rascals are always sociable--more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has any nobility in his character is the little pleasure he takes in others' company. He prefers solitude more and more, and, in course of time, comes to see that, with few exceptions, the world offers no choice beyond solitude on one side and vulgarity on the other. Essays and Aphorisms
“What's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure.” Seagull
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