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[...] i suppose this was the first time i had ever felt an urge not to be. never an urge to die, far less an urge to put an end to myself - simply an urge not to be. this disgusting, hostile and unlovely world was not made for me, nor i for it. it was alien to me and i to it.
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[...] i suppose this was the first time i had ever felt an urge not to be. never an urge to die, far less an urge to put an end to myself - simply an urge not to be. this disgusting, hostile and unlovely world was not made for me, nor i for it. it was alien to me and i to it.
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