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" There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and my entire being rebels against order. But without it I would die, scattered to the winds. "

Albert Camus

Anarchy

Creating

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Pleasure

Never

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Difficult

Heroism

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