Osman

“In order to have a real insight into the matter, we must keep in mind the following point: it is not the case that an extraordinary vision comes first to a mystic, and that then he tries to describe it through a metaphor or a series of metaphors. Quite the contrary, the vision is itself the metaphor or metaphors. There is no discrepancy here between the level of the original vision and the level of its metaphorical expression. There is in this respect no room for free choice for the mystic with regard to the "metaphor" to be used. When a mystic uses the word light, for example, in describing his vision of Reality, he has not chosen it for himself from among a number of possible metaphors. Rather, the metaphor has forced itself upon him, for light is simply the concrete form in which he sees Reality.”
― Izutsu Toshihiko, Creation and the Timeless Order of Things: Essays in Islamic Mystical Philosophy

“You're so precious... I'll... make sure you always depend on me... and me alone...”
― Yureiovsky Daza, I Hope You'll Have a Horrible Life

“It's true what they say. Never meet your heroes. It turns out they're all a bunch of fucking assholes. They're probably the reason you turned into such a fucking asshole - because they were your heroes and you spent all your time trying to be like them.”
― Norm Macdonald, Based on a True Story: A Memoir

“His thoughts were hemmed in. One can only draw curved lines on the terrestrial sphere which, as they extend, forever meet with themselves. At such intersections we always encounter what we have already seen.”
― Raymond Queneau