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Maybe there is a beast… maybe it's only us.


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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.



We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.



I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.

I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.



We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.

We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.



I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.

I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.



The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.



I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.



I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.

I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.



My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.



At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.

At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.





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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.



I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.

I don't care if you're obscene, filthy, horrendous -- as long as you're honest.



We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?

We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?



What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.

What this means is that we shouldn't abbreviate the truth but rather get a new method of presentation.



I think your resources are feeling. Your resources are depth. Your resources are learning. Your resources are touching and feeling. And for me, sobriety helps and aids all of that.

I think your resources are feeling. Your resources are depth. Your resources are learning. Your resources are touching and feeling. And for me, sobriety helps and aids all of that.



Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.



The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes



When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!"

When I was young, my ambitions were very modest. I thought, "If only I could play at the battle of the bands at the Y, that would be the culmination of existence!"



I am not a monster, I am just a man.

I am not a monster, I am just a man.



I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.

I just got lost in thought. It was unfamiliar territory.




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