There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation. (Eugène Ionesco)

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison; there is no philosophy or ideology that does not think that we live in alienation.

Eugène Ionesco

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