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Quote by Eugene Ionesco
No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political sy

No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa. – Eugene Ionesco

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Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well. – Eugene Ionesco

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The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult. – Eugene Ionesco

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If death is in the room, its pretty interesting. But I would also say that Im interested in getting myself to believe that its going to happen to me. Im interested in it, because if youre not, youre nuts. Its really de facto what were here to find out about. – George Saunders

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The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death. – David Herbert Lawrence

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Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light. – James Russell Lowell

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When I did Bumble-ardy, I was so intensely aware of death. Eugene, my friend and partner, was dying here in the house when I did Bumble-ardy. I did Bumble-ardy to save myself. I did not want to die with him. I wanted to live, as any human being does. – Maurice Sendak

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My Lord, I sorrow to learn that I am so timorous of heart and to learn that my Lord could be so forgetful of the elementary facts of nature, and also of mankind, that he believes when the lesser joins the greater, it can remain itself and maintain it – Andrew Fletcher

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The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware. – Henry Miller

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I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. Im angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done? – Andrew Cuomo

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