

“This afternoon the pain occasioned by my loneliness came upon me so piercingly and intensely that I became aware that the strength which I gain through this writing thus spends itself, a strength which I certainly have not intended for this purpose.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

“This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces. And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

“Lost among these entirely strange people.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

“People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

“There can be no more beautiful spot to die in, no spot more worthy of total despair, than one’s own novel.”
― Diaries, 1910-1923
― Diaries, 1910-1923

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