I did not want to be anything, and naturally I did not want to turn myself into a mere profession: all I ever wanted was to be myself. (Thomas Bernhard)

I did not want to be anything, and naturally I did not want to turn myself into a mere profession: all I ever wanted was to be myself.

Thomas Bernhard

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