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Endnotes explained

A brief, enigmatic endnote expressing personal unhappiness and a denial of blame directed at either the self or life itself.

What happens

A brief, enigmatic endnote expressing personal unhappiness and a denial of blame directed at either the self or life itself.

Key passages

  • 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.

Three Lives — Endnotes Explained