Dimitri

“Wie ein Eremit war er des Lebens überdrüssig und er-
wartete nichts mehr von ihm: reif zur Einsamkeit; und
ebenso war er gleich einem Mönch unendlich matt; er
wollte sich sammeln, nichts mehr gemein haben mit den
Weltlichen, die für ihn die Utilitaristen und Dummköpfe
waren.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Gegen den Strich

“Man verdirbt einen Jüngling am sichersten, wenn man ihn anleitet, den Gleichdenkenden höher zu achten, als den Andersdenkenden.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you. He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money!”
― George Carlin

“Immersed in solitude, he would dream or read far into the night. By protracted contemplation of the same thoughts, his mind grew sharp, his vague, undeveloped ideas took on form.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature