misery, and that is precisely what makes it so great, interesting, and worth living. — Wosret
I don't think that there's any denying that it feels better returning to normal health after being sick than just always being normal health. There is a happiness there. There is a relief, and happiness in being delivered from a distressing circumstance. Every kind of food is fantastic when you're starving. — Wosret
I was charitable enough to answer that question in a different way the second time you asked it, I don't think I'll come up with a third answer. Just look at my previous two. — Wosret
So, if you want your life to be great, you should look for ways to be miserable?
I mean, you should look for apples if you want to make a pie, right? — The Great Whatever
I was charitable enough to answer that question in a different way the second time you asked it. I don't think I'll come up with a third answer. Just look at my previous two. — Wosret
I don't see that you've shown this. To be celibate is to be practically anatalist, though not necessarily theoretically. What is unclear about this? — Thorongil
We can't make a perfect pie, so you conclude that it's not worth making. — Sapientia
It's of course not glorious to have lived though horrible traumas, but it is more glorious to have survived them, and not have been destroyed by them than to have lived a completely uneventful life, filled with bored and unappreciated pleasures and security. — Wosret
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