“nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness.”
Erik Satie (1866–1925) French composer and pianist
about artist/model Suzanne Valadon at the end of their love affair
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“Greedhas no satiation point, since its consummation does not fill the inner emptiness, boredom, loneliness, and depression it is meant to overcome.”
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