"Members of the Superclass are much more unhappy than those who only want a house, a garden, children playing, food on the table and a fireplace burning in winter. They know their options, they know that life is short, so why should you always go on? He watched the people around him. They talked incessantly, comparing exchange rates, praising their new, fantastic yacht, claiming that this and that poet was better than the other because they had read the reviews, since they never had time to read the books. All qualified. They are all rich. All irresistibly charismatic. And each of them asked themselves in the evening: "Isn't it time to stop?" And each of them answered: "If I do, my life will lose its meaning." As if they know the meaning of life.
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Members of the Superclass are much more unhappy than those who only want a house, a garden, children playing, food on the table and a fireplace burning in winter. They know their options, they know that life is short, so why should you always go on? He watched the people around him. They talked incessantly, comparing exchange rates, praising their new, fantastic yacht, claiming that this and that poet was better than the other because they had read the reviews, since they never had time to read the books. All qualified. They are all rich. All irresistibly charismatic. And each of them asked themselves in the evening: "Isn't it time to stop?" And each of them answered: "If I do, my life will lose its meaning." As if they know the meaning of life.
""A Szuperosztály tagjai sokkal boldogtalanabbak azoknál, akik csak egy házra, kertre, játszadozó gyermekre, ételre az asztalon és télen égő kandallóra vágynak. Azok ismerik a lehetőségeiket, tudják, hogy az élet rövid, akkor miért kellene mindig tovább menni? Figyelte a körülötte lévő embereket. Szüntelenül beszéltek, hasonlítgatták az árfolyamokat, dicsérték az új, fantasztikus jachtjukat, állították, hogy ez meg az a költő jobb, mint a másik, mert olvasták a kritikát, mivel soha nincs idejük elolvasni a könyveket. Mind képzett. Mind gazdag. Mind ellenállhatatlanul karizmatikus. S mindegyikük kérdezte este önmagától: "Nincs ideje abbahagyni?" S mindegyikük válaszolta: "Ha megteszem, az életem elveszíti az értelmét." Mintha tudnák, mi az élet értelme."