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"I'm enjoying this so far, but I strongly disagree with the author's acceptance of self-diagnosing. I understand the socioeconomic obstacles to formal assessment (especially in the US), but medical guidelines exist for a reason, and I don't want the representation of autism to be diluted by teenagers trying to feel special. That only makes it harder for actual high masking autistic folks to be taken seriously." — Jan 12, 2026 04:37PM
"I'm enjoying this so far, but I strongly disagree with the author's acceptance of self-diagnosing. I understand the socioeconomic obstacles to formal assessment (especially in the US), but medical guidelines exist for a reason, and I don't want the representation of autism to be diluted by teenagers trying to feel special. That only makes it harder for actual high masking autistic folks to be taken seriously." — Jan 12, 2026 04:37PM
“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”
― Either/Or, Part I
― Either/Or, Part I
“We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
― Diary
― Diary
“When I have neither pleasure nor pain and have been breathing for a while the lukewarm insipid air of these so called good and tolerable days, I feel so bad in my childish soul that I smash my moldering lyre of thanksgiving in the face of the slumbering god of contentment and would rather feel the very devil burn in me than this warmth of a well-heated room. A wild longing for strong emotions and sensations seethes in me, a rage against this toneless, flat, normal and sterile life. I have a mad impulse to smash something, a warehouse, perhaps, or a cathedral, or myself, to commit outrages, to pull off the wigs of a few revered idols...”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
“There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.”
― Steppenwolf
― Steppenwolf
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