“and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
― The Black Unicorn: Poems
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive”
― The Black Unicorn: Poems
“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― Paradise Lost
― Paradise Lost
“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.”
― New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
― New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
“I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.”
― I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive
― I Love Myself When I Am Laughing And Then Again When I Am Looking Mean & Impressive
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
― The Merchant of Venice
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”
― The Merchant of Venice
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