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I am as
frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified
forest.
-- A. Whitney Brown
Every thought
derives from a thwarted sensation.
-- E. M. Cioran
1911-, Rumanian-born French
Philosopher
The torment of
human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the
knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and
''mangled mind'' leaking away in lonely, wasteful
self-conflict.
-- Elizabeth Drew
1887-1965, Anglo-American
Author, Critic
It is the
awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the
feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
-- Eric Hoffer
1902-1983, American Author,
Philosopher
I feel as if I
were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of
it: That piece cannot be moved.
-- Soren Kierkegaard
1813-1855, Danish
Philosopher, Writer
It is misery,
you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and
who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do
without women, but not young enough to be able to go and
look for one without shame!
-- Luigi Pirandello
1867-1936, Italian Author,
Playwright
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