I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witti…

Soren Kierkegaard
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I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away - yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself. ✨ Soren Kierkegaard's journal entry, March 1836.
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