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I saw only the reality of his destiny, which he had knownhow to follow with unfaltering footsteps, that life begun in humblesurroundings, rich in generous enthusiasms, in friendship, love, war--inall the exalted elements of romance.

~ Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad Ambition Benevolent Butterflies Destiny Fall Futility Glory Greatness Hope Humility Love Old Man S Glory Old Wise Pride Raison D Être Reason To Live Romance Stein

Judge no one until you know their circumstances. No matter how awful they seemed, sometimes there was a valid reason for their behaviour. Granted, some people were just mean and corrupt, but not always. Many people were just in pain, and by acting out, they were only trying to protect themselves from being hurt more.

~ Sherrilyn Kenyon

Sherrilyn Kenyon Hurt Pain Raison D Être

For it is clear immediately: human life as such is a defeat. All we can do in the face of that ineluctable defeat called life is to try to understand it. That - that is the raison d'être of the art of the novel.

~ Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera Life Novel Raison D Être

We don’t vanish without a trace. We are not like animals, content with burrows in the ground. We are not very skilled at survival without clothing or tools. Our feet are soft, our skin is easily cooled, and our stomachs are too weak to drink water straight from a stream. We must create in order to survive. We build cities, aqueducts, and shields, for we must in order to have an edge over the beasts of the field. And so, wherever humans have tread their covered feet, their path never vanishes without a trace.

~ Jennifer Arnett

Jennifer Arnett Animals Day One Jennifer Arnett Raison D Être Survival Vanish

There is something deeply attractive, at least to quite a lot of people, about squalor, misery, and vice. They are regarded as more authentic, and certainly more exciting, than cleanliness, happiness, and virtue.

~ Theodore Dalrymple

Theodore Dalrymple Authenticity Ennui Eventful Happiness Lifestyle Misery Raison D Être Resignation Self Destruction Vice
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