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Quote by Walter Benjamin
The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble. – Walter Benjamin

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The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. – Walter Benjamin

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It was only natural to want to destroy something you could never have. – Janet Fitch

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