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Ведь обидеться иногда очень приятно, не так ли? И ведь знает человек, что никто не обидел его, а что он сам себе обиду навыдумал и налгал для красы, сам преувеличил, чтобы картину создать, к слову привязался и из горошинки сделал гору, —
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“I have packed myself into silence so deeply and for so long that I can never unpack myself using words. When I speak, I only pack myself a little differently.”
― The Hunger Angel
― The Hunger Angel
“Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.”
― Soul Mountain
― Soul Mountain
“Women always need other women to lean on. They become friends in order to hate each other better. The more they hate each other, the more inseparable they become.”
― The Land of Green Plums
― The Land of Green Plums
“We live together, we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. [...] By its very nature every embodied spirit is doomed to suffer and enjoy in solitude. Sensations, feelings, insights, fancies - all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand, incommunicable.”
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
― The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell
“Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
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