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>>20337978
What's important is that you put forth a great effort when a goal comes in sight, never meandering and never hesitating. True willpower is the strength to act when and how you must, decisively and efficiently, with a boundless wellspring of resolve.
Borges' Ficciones contains all the short stories you listed, so don't worry about them. You have them. And yeah, read Schopenhauer and his essays then Wittgenstein. Also>>20338025 is correct, but Pale Fire is his most immense work. It's his magnum opus and it's very difficult for most people, but its structure is special and it does metalepsis well, which Umineko also does, though I've never discussed it here. The artistry (prose and poetry) in it are also incredible.

>>20338031
Remember, man can do as he wills, but he can not will as he wills. Pic related is the image I usually refer (third time in these threads) to when people bring your plight up, starting from the pink lines. What do you think?