“How, may I ask, did you get so you,
you beautiful true-to-you doer?
I’ve met many today but can honestly say
that I’ve never met anyone you-er.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
you beautiful true-to-you doer?
I’ve met many today but can honestly say
that I’ve never met anyone you-er.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
“I'm an 'intelligent' sociopath. I don't have problems with drugs, I don't commit crimes, I don't take pleasure in hurting people, and I don't typically have relationship problems. I do have a complete lack of empathy. But I consider that an advantage, most of the time. Do I know the difference between right and wrong, and do I want to be good? Sure. ... A peaceful and orderly world is a more comfortable world for me to live in. So do I avoid breaking the law because it's 'right'? No, I avoid breaking the law because it makes sense.”
― Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
― Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight
“The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas.”
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
“Perfect I love you just the way you are but you don’t see you like I do. You shouldn’t try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.”
― Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
― Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
“Gypsy
On Wednesday morning, clear and calm, I went to Astor Place.
And had a Gypsy read my palm or maybe just my face.
She said my heart was heavy and my head was stuffed with lies.
But things like that weren't on my hands, they hid behind my eyes.
The room is dull and dank and cold but at least I have a hand to hold.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
On Wednesday morning, clear and calm, I went to Astor Place.
And had a Gypsy read my palm or maybe just my face.
She said my heart was heavy and my head was stuffed with lies.
But things like that weren't on my hands, they hid behind my eyes.
The room is dull and dank and cold but at least I have a hand to hold.”
― Egghead; or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone
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