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He questioned us one after the other. Each one of his questions — all of them very simple: Who were we? Why had we come? — caught us completely off o… - René Daumal
" "He questioned us one after the other. Each one of his questions — all of them very simple: Who were we? Why had we come? — caught us completely off our guard and seemed to probe our very insides. Who are you? Who am I? We could not answer him as we could a police official or a customs inspector. Give one's name and profession? What does that mean? But *who* are you? And *what* are you? The words we uttered — we had none better — were worthless, repugnant and grotesque as dead things. We realized that with the guides of Mount Analogue, we could no longer get away with just words.
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René Daumal (March 16, 1908 – May 21, 1944) was a French writer, philosopher and poet.
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