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A brief, enigmatic endnote expressing personal unhappiness and a denial of blame directed at either the self or life itself.
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A brief, enigmatic endnote expressing personal unhappiness and a denial of blame directed at either the self or life itself.
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“Therefore I am unhappy and it is neither my fault nor that of life.”
So I am unhappy, and this unhappiness is not caused by me or by life.
A concise statement of existential discontent without assigning responsibility.