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“Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself—that comes too late—a crop of unextinguishable regrets.” Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
“there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.” Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation.” H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
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life meaning shadow self-knowledge regret wisdom romance despair vanity food punishment flirtation

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Joseph Conrad (1)
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H. G. Wells (1)

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Heart of Darkness (1)
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The Myth of Sisyphus (1)
The Time Machine (1)