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“Not feeling is no replacement for reality. Your problems today are still your problems tomorrow”
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“Thanks pal, but I tend to avoid any substance that makes me feel smarter, stronger, or better looking than I know I actually am." There were, in his opinion, drugs that diminished ego and drugs that engorged ego, which is to say, revelatory drugs and delusory drugs, and on a psychic level, at least, he favored awe over swagger. Should he ever aspire to become voluntarily delusional, then good old-fashioned alcohol would do the job effectively and inexpensively, thank you, and without the dubious bonus of jaw-clenching jitters.”
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
“History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.”
― Ulysses
― Ulysses
“An intelligent person can rationalize anything; a wise person doesn't try.”
― Chaos Magic
― Chaos Magic
“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”
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