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"Some creatives.. of predominantly schizoid or depressive temperaments.. use their creative capacities in a defensive way. If creative work protects one from mental illness, it is no wonder he pursues it avidly. The schizoid state... is characterised by meaninglessness, futility. For most, interaction with others provides what they require to find significance in life. For the schizoid, however, this isn't the case." — Mar 29, 2019 04:54AM
"Some creatives.. of predominantly schizoid or depressive temperaments.. use their creative capacities in a defensive way. If creative work protects one from mental illness, it is no wonder he pursues it avidly. The schizoid state... is characterised by meaninglessness, futility. For most, interaction with others provides what they require to find significance in life. For the schizoid, however, this isn't the case." — Mar 29, 2019 04:54AM
“I learned that music comes from the voice, the rhythm and the heart of each person, and that the musicality of those unrecorded melodies could lift the curtain of fog, pass through windows and screens to waken us as gently as a morning lullaby.”
― Ru
― Ru
“It's the basic condition of life to be required to violate our own identity.”
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
― Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
“The palest ink will endure beyond the memories of man”
― The Garden of Evening Mists
― The Garden of Evening Mists
“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
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“As a child, I thought that war and peace were opposites. Yet I lived in peace when Vietnam was in flames and I didn't experience war until Vietnam had laid down its weapons. I believe that war and peace are actually friends, who mock us.”
― Ru
― Ru
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