Paduke

“I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison.”
― Daniil Kharms, Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings

“No! No! No!”
― Witold Gombrowicz, Ferdydurke

“I submitted entirely to the dog and, as a man with no gift for dancing, I had the feeling that I was able to dance for the first time in my life, secure and without inhibition. Occasionally, we kissed, the dog and I. Woke up feeling extremely satisfied.”
― Theodor W. Adorno

“Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey.”
― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch: The Restored Text