“the superfluity of the comforts of like destroys all joy in satisfying one's needs, while great freedom in the choice of occupation...is just what makes the choice of occupation insoluble difficult and destroys the need and even the possibility of having an occupation. p 1209”

“He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation.”

“He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation.”

“There was no answer, except the general answer life gives to all the most complex and insoluble questions. That answer is: one must live for the needs of the day, in other words, become oblivious.”

“If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.”

“For if we allow that human life is always guided by reason, we destroy the premise that life is possible at all.”

“There was no solution, but that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble. That answer is: one must live in the needs of the day—that is, forget oneself. To forget himself in sleep was impossible now, at least till nighttime; he could not go back now to the music sung by the decanter-women; so he must forget himself in the dream of daily life.”