Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certa…

Julian Barnes
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Is despair wrong? Isn’t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? … After a number of events, what is there left but repetition and diminishment? Who wants to go on living? The eccentric, the religious, the artistic (sometimes); those with a false sense of their own worth. Soft cheeses collapse; firm cheeses endurate. Both go mouldy. ✨ Julian Barnes (1985). Flaubert's parrot, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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