„At first I was almost about to despair, I thought I never could bear it — but I did bear it. The question remains: how?“

— Heinrich Heine

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„Previously I did not understand why I got no answer to my question; today I do not understand how I could believe I was capable of asking. But I didn’t really believe, I only asked.“
— Franz Kafka
„But when the days of golden dreams had perished,And even Despair was powerless to destroy;Then did I learn how existence could be cherished,Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy.“
— Emily Brontë
„I remember discussions withwhich went through many hours till very late at night and ended almost in despair; and when at the end of the discussion I went alone for a walk in the neighbouring park I repeated to myself again and again the question:?“
— Werner Heisenberg
„If I used to ask myself, over a coffin, "what good did it do the occupant to be born?" I now put the same question about anyone alive.“
— Emil M. Cioran
„i have never pondered over questions that are not questions.“
— Friedrich Nietzsche