Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

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"It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!"

Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

"Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit."

Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept

"If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic."

Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept