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There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
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Drama lies in extreme exaggeration of the feelings, an exaggeration that dislocates flat everyday reality.
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We haven't the time to take out time.
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There are more dead people than living. And their numbers are increasing. The living are getting rarer.
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The human comedy does not attract me enough. I am not entirely of this world. I am from elsewhere, and it is worth finding this elsewhere beyond the walls...but where is it?
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Logic is a very beautiful thing. As long as it is not abused.
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To become conscious of what is horrifying and to laugh at it is to become master of that which is horrifying
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I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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Childhood is the world of miracle and wonder as if creation rose, bathed in the light, out of the darkness, utterly new and fresh and astonishing. The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us.
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Only the ephemeral is of lasting value.
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Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
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All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.
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You've always made the mistake of being yourself.
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All the plays that have ever been written, from ancient Greece to the present day, have never really been anything but thrillers... Drama's always been realistic and there's always been a detective about... Every play's an investigation brought to a successful conclusion.
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People always try to find base motives behind every good action. We are afraid of pure goodness and of pure evil.
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I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.
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The Arts are man's most useless ... and essential ... activity.
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Good men make good rhinoceroses, unfortunately.
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