“Of course, true love is exceptional - two or three times a century, more or less. The rest of the time there is vanity or boredom.”
― The Fall
― The Fall
“Students of Husserl will know his philosophy is dense and difficult, but this central insight about the intentionality of consciousness will inform everything Wilson writes from now on. As I quoted Wilson saying earlier, we have a "will to perceive as well as perceptions." Intentionality is our will to perceive. How we can become aware of this will and learn how to consciously direct it will one aim of Wilson's new existentialism.”
― Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
― Beyond the Robot: The Life and Work of Colin Wilson
“They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
― Slaughterhouse-Five
“What am I doing in this eternal winter?”
― A Country Doctor
― A Country Doctor
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