/lit/ - Literature

>>7188537
>tfw no one understands him

>>6879976

>dad died when he was 5
>got rejected by women
>hypocondriac
>sensitive as fuck stomach
>was even sensitive to the weather
>migraines that lasted for days
>had to knock himself out to sleep at times
>plagued by vomiting
>myopic
>lonely
>no one read his work
>went insane
>meanwhile his sister edited his works and he became associated with the two movements he despised

>>6525201
He got it but only later in his life

>"I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule—and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the end, they still become the slaves of their followers, their fame, etc.) The powerful natures dominate, it is a necessity, they need not lift one finger. Even if, during their lifetime, they bury themselves in a garden house!"