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" One never can know the whys and the wherefores of one's passional changes. "

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" Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to. "

" There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street. "