For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the hig…

Robert Musil
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For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that life would not be worth living without a spark of that mysterious fire. ✨ Robert Musil (2015). The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic, p.189, Pan Macmillan
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