Ryan Kelley
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“Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
― 1984
― 1984
“...of all the kinds of decay in this world, decadent purity is the most malignant.”
― Confessions of a Mask
― Confessions of a Mask
“When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: "Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think!”
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“...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before.”
― The Book of Unholy Mischief
― The Book of Unholy Mischief
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