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

“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

“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

“In the dreaming man's dream, the dreamed man awoke.”
― Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins