Branko Nikovski

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Hell is the Absence of God

by Ted Chiang

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Apr 08, 2024 07:03PM

“Best to immunize your consciousness from any thoughts that are startling and dreadful so that we can all go on conspiring to survive and reproduce as paradoxical beings—puppets that can walk and talk all by themselves. At worst keep your startling and dreadful thoughts to yourself. Hearken well: “None of us wants to hear spoken the exact anxieties we keep locked up inside ourselves. Smother that urge to go spreading news of your pain and nightmares around town.”
― Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror

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“In those olden days, when they built cathedrals, men wanted to be close to God”
― Raymond Carver, Cathedral

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“Man 'knows', which is why he is always two : his life and his knowing.”
― Carlo Michelstaedter, Persuasion and Rhetoric

tags: michelstaedter, self-consciousness

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“What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?”
― Laurent Binet, The Seventh Function of Language

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“Man is the ultimate tragic being, because he has learned enough about the Earth to realise the Earth would be better off without the presence of humankind.”
― Peter Wessel Zapffe

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