“I am a collection of dismantled almosts.”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
“I am a clown… and I collect moments.”
— Heinrich Böll, book The Clown
Source: The Clown
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Max Stirner book The Ego and Its Own
Ich setze Mich nicht voraus, weil Ich Mich jeden Augenblick überhaupt erst setze oder schaffe, und nur dadurch Ich bin, dass Ich nicht vorausgesetzt, sondern gesetzt bin, und wiederum nur in dem Moment gesetzt, wo ich mich setze, d.h. Ich bin Schöpfer un Geschöpf in Einem.
Cambridge 1995, p. 135
The Ego and Its Own (1845)
