

“The secret to your existence is right in front of you. It manifests itself as all those things you know you should do, but are avoiding.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
“I like dogs better than men and cats better than dogs and myself best of all, drunk in my underwear looking out the window.”
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“Remember no one really cares what you look like. They care what they look like. You are the only person in the world to have worried about your face.”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are dangerously near to wanting nothing.’ —Sylvia Plath”
― Notes on a Nervous Planet
― Notes on a Nervous Planet

“Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything — anything — to defend ourselves against that return.”
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
― Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

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