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“I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores.”
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“One should never mistake pattern for meaning.”
― The Hydrogen Sonata
― The Hydrogen Sonata
“People do not knowingly join “cults” that will ultimately destroy and kill them. People join self-help groups, churches, political movements, college campus dinner socials, and the like, in an effort to be a part of something larger than themselves. It is mostly the innocent and naive who find themselves entrapped. In their openhearted endeavor to find meaning in their lives, they walk blindly into the promise of ultimate answers and a higher purpose. It is usually only gradually that a group turns into or reveals itself as a cult, becomes malignant, but by then it is often too late.”
― Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
― Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple
“I am in the mood to dissolve in the sky.”
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“Some people think that in order to make an impression on a pretty girl, one has to be mean to her. People think girls who have certain magnetism have never known Real Struggle, so they take it upon themselves to give a little bruising and a hard time. They think we should always be learning Life Lessons. You know, he could lacquer me up with whatever ideas he pleased, only to disappoint. And wouldn't that be easier on him? I said outright, If I took myself as seriously as you take me, I may consider being hurt." I am highly educated in true sorrow, so I don't succumb to silly criticism. In no way am I shocked by someone's ideas about me. (83)”
― Happy Hour
― Happy Hour
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