“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and s…”

“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth's orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.”

— Søren Kierkegaard

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Source

Title: Wikiquote: Søren Kierkegaard
Type: reference · Secondary source
Held by: Wikiquote

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Context

March 1836

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Kierkegaard, Søren. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Søren Kierkegaard. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Søren_Kierkegaard

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