“there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.”
― A Short History of Myth
― A Short History of Myth
“I love sleep. I need sleep. We all do, of course. There are those people that don't need sleep. I think they're called 'successful.”
― Dad Is Fat
― Dad Is Fat
“We are meaning-seeking creatures. Dogs, as far as we know, do not agonise about the canine condition, worry about the plight of dogs in other parts of the world, or try to see their lives from a different perspective. But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives in a larger setting, that revealed an underlying pattern, and gave us a sense that, against all the depressing and chaotic evidence to the contrary, life had meaning and value”
― A Short History of Myth
― A Short History of Myth
“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
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