“Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there left but repetition and diminishment? Who wants to go on living? The eccentric, the religious, the artistic (sometimes); those with a false sense of their own worth. Soft cheeses collapse; firm cheeses indurate. Both go mouldy.”
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“A company is a living breathing entity. It is either evolving or dying.”
“It’s better to die with your worst enemy in the room than to die all alone, right?”
“The medical profession may make you sicker and kill you prematurely if you let them.”
“The only way to escape from depression is to die.”
“Sacrifice is the giving of self so that I don’t die in the service of self.”
“Many people say ‘Better to die’ until the time comes to do it,” Morozko returned.”
“All children grow up, or they die, or both. All children, except one.”