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"It is better to burn than to disappear."

-The Stranger, Albert Camus-

"I need someone whose mind falls like a chopper on a block; to whom the pitch of absurdity is sublime, and a shoestring adorable. To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?."

-Virginia Woolf, The Waves.-

(Artwork by KÄTHE KOLLWITZ.)

From childhood’s hour I have not been

As others were—I have not seen

As others saw—I could not bring

My passions from a common spring—

From the same source I have not taken

My sorrow—I could not awaken

My heart to joy at the same tone—

And all I lov'd—I lov'd alone—

-Alone by Edgar Allan Poe-

(Artwork by Edouard Kingman.)

"Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched—love for instance—we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next."

-Virginia Woolf , The Waves-

(When you burn two matches leaning against each other, it gives rise to a tragiromantic dance.)

"I feel like getting married, or committing suicide, or subscribing to L'Illustration. Something desperate, you know."

_A Happy Death, Albert Camus_

"When I look at my life and its secret colours, I feel like bursting into tears."

_A Happy Death, Albert Camus._

(Artworks by Clive Smith.)

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf: among the best reads I had in 2021. Outrageously well written and heavily reflective. The book feels feels like touching one's wounds with grace. Absolutely recommendable and reread-worthy.

It's late night, late that I should be sleeping and ready this body for tomorrow but grabbing a book, turning pages, reading Kafka anytime, anywhere is no sin.