“To be acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease.”

...что слишком сознавать — это болезнь, настоящая, полная болезнь.
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Notes from Underground (1864)

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…что слишком сознавать — это болезнь, настоящая, полная болезнь.

Notes from Underground (1864)

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