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For forty eight hours Hayward lived in an agony of indecision; he had talked of getting occupation of this sort so long that he had not the face to refuse outright but the thought of doing anything filled him with panic. At last, he declined the offer and breathed freely. ‘It would have interfered with my work,’ he told Philip — ‘What work?’ asked Philip brutally. ‘My inner life,’ he answered.

Mike seems to have helped re-ignite what can only be described as a creative psychosis, I am convinced (since it happened last time when I read HA) he is standing out there in the woods sending some cosmic waves which impale my sterility and gifts me a newfound vitality.

Did you know that police used to piss on the wounds of victims to stop bleeding? They don't do that anymore, but they should.

I ought to have lived in the 18-hundreds, he said to himself, what I want is a patron! I should have published my poems by subscription and dedicated them to a noble person!

“Journalism equals intellectual male prostitution of speech and writing,”

'And perhaps it’s fortunate I’ve had some whiskey since alcohol is an aphrodisiac too. One must never forget either that alcohol is a food. How can a man be expected to perform his marital duties without food?'

"What is going to happen to it—what is going to happen to our hearts? Love is the only thing which gives meaning to our poor ways on earth: not precisely a discovery, I am afraid. You will think I am mad, but this is how I drink too, as if I were taking an eternal sacrament."

GENIUS!

(Several mescals later)

'Ah, if only you had given me something in memory to hate you for so finally no kind thought of you would ever touch me in this terrible place where I am! But instead you sent me those letters.'

'And this is how I sometimes think of myself, as a great explorer who has discovered some extraordinary land from which he can never return to give his knowledge to the world: but the name of this land is hell. It is not Mexico of course but in the heart'

'And he wen't on eating his marmalade. In books men knelt to women, and it would be in moonlight. Not at breakfast, not like this.'

''Most physicians have been trained how to get people on these drugs - but not off.'' still holds true, and as long as the monetary interests of physicians, psychologists and the medical companies align - it will continue to hold true...

Nasty business, shameless - and the methods and arguments they used, holy.... Doubtless the meme ''(((They))) cry out in pain as (((they))) strike you'' seems to hold some validity.