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13 Emphasis

"To be, if you see what I mean, to be, be alive, exist, not just keep hanging around; or (and that means one or the other, no getting away from it) not to be, not be alive, not exist, to ‑ putting it bluntly ‑ check out, cash in your chips, head west: that (do you read me? not "maybe this" or "maybe something else") that is, really is, irrevocably is, the one and only inescapable, overwhelming, and totally preoccupying ultimate question."