“Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.”

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“One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because love - any love - reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.”

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“From someone who doesn't want to share your destiny, you should neither accept a cigarette”

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“Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.”

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“For some time my friend Doro and I had agreed that I would be his guest. I was very fond of Doro, and when he married and went to Genoa to live, I was half sick over it. When I wrote to refuse his inv...”

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