Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.

Quote by August Strindberg

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I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an...

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

No matter how far we travel, the memories will follow in the baggage car.

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out,...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

That is the thankless position of the father in the family - the provider for...

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins...

I dream, therefore I exist.

I dream, therefore I exist.

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

Society is madhouse whose wardens are the officials and the police

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the...

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

People who keep dogs are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves.

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has...

He's the king of mixed signals and she's the queen of second thoughts.

He's the king of mixed signals and she's the queen of second thoughts.

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those...

I hate being single but not ready for a relationship...

I hate being single but not ready for a relationship...

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

The heart has reasons that reason cannot know.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life;...

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life;...