Binah Simulacra

“Good nature, or what is often considered as such, is the most selfish of all virtues: it is nine times out of ten mere indolence of disposition. William Hazlitt, ‘On the Knowledge of Character’ (1822)”
― Alan Bennett, The Lady in the Van

“Even considering the data that shows the majority of marriages don’t last, people still think marriage is the normal human state. Most people want to get married. Is there anything else that people do in such huge numbers, with such a terrible success rate?”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things

“Idaho is empty. He is an emptiness. Like the space you leave behind when you get out of a chair. It’s like after a loud noise, when all you hear is the sound of yourself listening. What is there is only was. That’s it. Idaho is was.”
― Tony Burgess, Idaho Winter: Landscape with Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle

“We don't just understand or recognize significance and validity through experience. We accept, reject, and discern through symbols.”
― Iain Reid, I'm Thinking of Ending Things