Variant: I think many people kill themselves simply to stop the debate about whether they will or they won't.
Source: Girl, Interrupted
“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”
Act I
The Cherry Orchard (1904)
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