“Eaten up with guilt, shame, fears and insecurities and obtaining, if he's lucky, a barely perceptible physical feeling, the male is, nonetheless, obsessed with screwing; he'll swim a river of snot, wade nostril-deep through a mile of vomit, if he thinks there'll be a friendly pussy awaiting him. He'll screw a woman he despises, any snaggle-toothed hag, and, further, pay for the opportunity. Why? Relieving physical tension isn't the answer, as masturbation suffices for that. It's not ego satisfaction; that doesn't explain screwing corpses and babies.”
― SCUM Manifesto
― SCUM Manifesto
“The male has a negative Midas Touch -- everything he touches turns to shit.”
― SCUM Manifesto
― SCUM Manifesto
“To lose somebody is to lose not only their person but all those modes and manifestations into which their person has flowed outwards; so that in losing a beloved one may find so many things, pictures, poems, melodies, places lost too: Dante, Avignon, a song of Shakespeare's, the Cornish sea.”
― A Severed Head
― A Severed Head
“In actual fact, the female function is to explore, discover, invent, solve problems crack jokes,
make music -- all with love. In other words, create a magic world.”
― SCUM Manifesto
make music -- all with love. In other words, create a magic world.”
― SCUM Manifesto
“Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long.”
― The Haunting of Hill House
― The Haunting of Hill House
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