„We are all on earth to help others. What on earth the others are here for, I can’t imagine.“

— W. H. Auden

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„Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.“
— Vladimir Nabokov
„Man cannot will unless he has first understood that he must count on no one but himself; that he is alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of his infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one he sets himself, with no other destiny than the one he forges for himself on this earth.“
— Jean Paul Sartre
„Oh, you can't help that,' said the cat. 'We're all mad here.“
— Lewis Carroll
„No, it’s not fair, but what makes earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You’ll find out for yourself soon enough. It won’t help the situation for you to get all upset.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„And if God does not help me to go on, then I shall have to help God. — The surface of the earth is gradually turning into one great prison camp, and soon there will be nobody left outside. … I don't fool myself about the real state of affairs, and I've even dropped the pretense that I'm out to help others. I shall merely try to help God as best I can, and if I succeed in doing that, then I shall be of use to others as well. But I mustn't have heroic illusions about that either.“
— Etty Hillesum