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"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning."

"Existence really is an imperfect tense that never becomes a present."

"I am alive because you want me to."

"Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it."

"The massive lump of flesh that has created you, me, and maybe, animals, everything that has life will forever live."
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"When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science."

"Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism."

"All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still."

"I understand that in our work - doesn't matter whether it's acting or writing - what's important isn't fame or glamour, none of the things I used to dream about, it's the ability to endure."

"The sufferings which may be observed nowadays - they are so widespread and so vast - but people speak nevertheless about a certain moral improvement which society has achieved."
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