Piotr

“I have arguments with myself.'
'About what?'
'Between the part of me that believes in things, and the part that doesn't.'
'And which wins?'
'Sometimes one. Sometimes the other.”
― Penelope Mortimer, The Pumpkin Eater

“You see, Reverend, I would be alright if only I didn't have to hear it any more.' 'But what dear friend?' 'Do you really hear nothing? Do you not hear the terrible voice screaming around us on every side, the voice commonly known as silence? Since I came to this silent valley I have heard it all the time, it won't let me sleep, oh yes, Reverend, if only I could sleep again.”
― Georg Büchner, Lenz

“But I have not triumphed in my cause, and as long as I have not triumphed, the devil will remain at large and I will favor his being at large. I have not yet triumphed over the thing I am against. But I haven't lost yet, either. More important still, I haven't capitulated. I declare myself in a state of total war.”
― Fritz Zorn, Mars

“He whispered
That my plan was misconceived
That my special plan for this world was a terrible mistake
Because, he said, there is nothing to do and there is no where to go
There is nothing to be and there is no one to know
Your plan is a mistake, he repeated
This world is a mistake, I replied”
― Thomas Ligotti, I Have a Special Plan for This World