Anton Barson

“We are under an invincible blindness as to the real and true nature of things”
― Marisha Pessl, Special Topics in Calamity Physics

“A junkie spends half his life waiting.”
― William S. Burroughs, Junky

“Only a lunatic would want to be president. These lunatics are created deliberately by those who wish to be presided over. You’ve seen it a thousand times. We create a leader by locating one in the crowd who is standing up. This may well be because there are no chairs or because his knees are fused by arthritis. It doesn’t matter. We designate this victim as a ‘stand-up guy’ by the simple expedient of sitting down around him.” ARTURISM:”
― Katherine Dunn, Geek Love

“One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is alright.”
― J.G. Ballard, High-Rise