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“Comedy is just anger with a dash of humour thrown in to cover the rage”
― Victim Mentality
― Victim Mentality
“The bigger question here is about whether you will do what you need to do if it comes down to it. You seem to think aggression belongs to people like me, not realising the same anger runs through your veins. It burns sometimes, doesn't it?”
― Defence Mechanism
― Defence Mechanism
“You’re very eloquent, Nick,” Harold suddenly said to me, leaning across from the other side of the circle. “You certainly have a way with words. What is it that you do for a living?”
“I’m a stand-up comedian,” I said, wiping the tears from my face. “I make people laugh.”
― Victim Mentality
“I’m a stand-up comedian,” I said, wiping the tears from my face. “I make people laugh.”
― Victim Mentality
“In our lives, we come to moments of great significance that we fail to recognise, the meaning of which sometimes does not occur to us for many years.”
― The City
― The City
“So what came first, do you reckon, the horrible thoughts forcing you to carry out rituals like a junkie, or the need to make people laugh? Or maybe they’re two sides of the same coin. The vivid imagination causing thoughts which make you want to cry is the same imagination that can find humour in situations other people would call ‘mundane’…”
“It’s occurred to me, yes.”
“Oh, it’s more than occurred to you, Nicky boy. You’re an intelligent man who has an affliction which affects your mind, so you’ve definitely thought about it. A lot, I bet. I’d like to tell you something Nicky, but I want to make sure I’ve got your full attention. Do I?”
“Yes,” I replied in spite of myself.
He leaned even closer, as if we were either co-conspirators in some scheme or lovers about to kiss.
“We’re all victims. All of us. Victims of our own minds...”
― Victim Mentality
“It’s occurred to me, yes.”
“Oh, it’s more than occurred to you, Nicky boy. You’re an intelligent man who has an affliction which affects your mind, so you’ve definitely thought about it. A lot, I bet. I’d like to tell you something Nicky, but I want to make sure I’ve got your full attention. Do I?”
“Yes,” I replied in spite of myself.
He leaned even closer, as if we were either co-conspirators in some scheme or lovers about to kiss.
“We’re all victims. All of us. Victims of our own minds...”
― Victim Mentality
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