I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror.
“People who intentionally become famous - I mean people who, after a little taste of fame, want more and more of it - are, and I honestly believe this, deeply psychologically ill. The fact that we are exposed to these people everywhere in our culture, as if they are not only normal but attractive and enviable, indicates the extent of our disfiguring social disease.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Presumably, remembered suffering never feels as bad as present suffering, even if it was really a lot worse - we can't remember how much worse it was, because remembering is weaker than experiencing.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Whatever I can do, whatever insignificant talent I might have, people just expect me to sell it- I mean literally, sell it for money, until I have a lot of money and no talent left.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“And isn’t death just the apocalypse in the first person?”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.”
― Dune
― Dune
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