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A fine thing: suddenly to forget about one’s history, one’s past, to stop feeling that one’s present happiness is endangered by what one used to be.

— Peter Handke

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I was no longer superficial — I had stopped thinking.

Tense, unnerved, and close to madness before writing—and when I read what I’ve written it looks so calm.

My way of thinking is often so wrong, so untenable, because I think as if I were talking to someone else.

Proud of my near-madness, as if I had attained a goal.

I was angry at her for not being what I wanted.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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