. . . life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis.
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. . . the waste even in a fortunate life, the isolation of a life rich in intimacy, cannot but be felt deeply, and is the central feeling of tragedy. And anything of value must accept this because it must not prostitute itself its strength is to be prepared to waste itself, if it does not get the opportunity.
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