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Quoy des mains ? nous requerons, nous promettons, appellons, congedions, menaçons, prions, supplions, nions, refusons, interrogeons, admirons, nombrons, confessons, repentons, craignons, vergoignons, doubtons, instruisons, commandons, inci tons, encourageons, jurons, tesmoignons, accusons, condamnons, absolvons, injurions, mesprisons, deffions, despittons, flattons, applaudissons, benissons, humilions, moquons, reconcilions, recommandons, exaltons, festoyons, resjouïssons, complaignons, attristons, desconfortons, desesperons, estonnons, escrions, taisons : et quoy non? d’une variation et multiplication à l’envy de la langue. ― Michel de Montaigne, Essais, Éd de Bordeaux, 2.djvu/109

We are all born mad. Some remain so. ― Samuel Beckett in Waiting for Godot

Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this? Or are you not terrified by it?"  ― Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or. Vol.II

Mensen roepen steeds dat ze een betere toekomst willen. Het is niet zo. De toekomst is een apathische leegte waar niemand iets mee heeft. Het verleden is vol van leven, erop uit ons te irriteren, ons te provoceren en ons te beledigen, ons te verleiden het te vernietigen of te herscheppen. De enige reden dat mensen zich van de toekomst eigen willen maken is om het verleden te veranderen.  – Milan Kundera

The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions, every human being acquires the intelligence of an Einstein, the imagination of a Shakespeare, and the subtlety of a Jesuit. — Michael Foley in The Age of Absurdity: why modern life makes it hard to be happy

Understanding the world requires you to take a certain distance from it. Things that are too small to see with the naked eye, such as molecules and atoms, we magnify. Things that are too large, such as cloud formations, river deltas, constellations, we reduce. At length we bring it within the scope of our senses and we stabilize it with fixer. When it has been fixed we call it knowledge. — Karl Ove Knausgård, My Struggle, Book one

It’s an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That’s always been a tug of war for me. — Jodie Foster