Suffering is admittedly one of the central problems of human existence; but this is because we have a suspicion that it is all for nothing. (Colin Wilson)

Suffering is admittedly one of the central problems of human existence; but this is because we have a suspicion that it is all for nothing.

Colin Wilson

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