“Most lead lives at worst so painful, at best so monotonous, poor and limited that the urge to escape, the longing to transcend themselves if only for a few moments, is and has always been one of the principle appetites of the soul.”
― The Doors of Perception
― The Doors of Perception
“We shall be permitted to live on this planet only for as long as we treat all nature with compassion and intelligence.”
― Island
― Island
“We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves. ”
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“Anti-cat is one jump away from anti-Semitism.”
― Eye In The Sky
― Eye In The Sky
“Then she told herself to stop her nonsense. If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them, more easily each time, so easily, soon, that you did not even realize you had gone out searching.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
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