Revenge: it's a dream of flames fueled by scorched remains that are lit to a torch and brought back upon the one who burned you.
I suffer from life and from other people. I can__ look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful _ only then do I find myself and feel comforted.
The Book of Disquiet
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I suffer from life and from other people. I can__ look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at night and all alone, withdrawn, forgotten and lost, with no connection to anything real or useful _ only then do I find myself and feel comforted.
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