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“I liked my own company. I wanted pals, but I grew to like my own company. There was me, and there was all yous. I liked that feeling. I still do.”
― Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography
― Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny: My Autobiography
“My God . . . that grinding is a greeting.
My arrival is honored with the honing of an axe”
― Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
My arrival is honored with the honing of an axe”
― Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
“The illusion that the self is separate from the rest of the world is the driving factor that limits our potential. Once you realize there's nothing special about the self, it becomes easier to manipulate.”
― The Rise of Kyoshi
― The Rise of Kyoshi
“...to have watched a human being you loved deeply, that you had gotten real close to, held and slept with and kissed and worried about and befriended and most of all admired—to see that warm living person burn out from the inside, burn from the heart outward. Until it clicked and clacked like an insect, repeating one sentence again and again. A recording. A closed loop of tape.”
― A Scanner Darkly
― A Scanner Darkly
“The only time having a cult following is a great thing is when you are actually in a cult.”
― Based on a True Story
― Based on a True Story
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