Ego is a rat on the sinking ship of being.

The Carrot painted by Willem Frederick van Royen, 1599

You ask “What is life?” That is the same as asking “What is a carrot?” A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.
 — Anton Chekhov, Letter to his wife, Olga Knipper Chekhov, April 20, 1904

The Carrot painted by Willem Frederick van Royen, 1599

You ask “What is life?” That is the same as asking “What is a carrot?” A carrot is a carrot and we know nothing more.

— Anton Chekhov, Letter to his wife, Olga Knipper Chekhov, April 20, 1904

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