

“An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both halves, the watcher and the watched. "Can they be brought together?" This is a practical question. We must get down to it. "I despise intelligence" really means: "I cannot bear my doubts.”
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“We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.”
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“If one could only say just once: 'this is clear', all would be saved”
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
― The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays

“To be born to create, to love, to win at games is to be born to live in time of peace. But war teaches us to lose everything and become what we were not. It all becomes a question of style.”
― Notebooks 1935-1942
― Notebooks 1935-1942
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