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We are made to be immortal, and yet we die. It's horrible, it can't be taken seriously
Eugene Ionesco
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Eugene Ionesco
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 26
Died: 1994
Died: March 28
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Every message of despair is the statement of a situation from which everybody must freely try to find a way out.
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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 critic should describe, and not prescribe.
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It isn't what people think that is important, but the reason they think what they think.
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I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.
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We have not the time to take our time.
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I've always been suspicious of collective truths.
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